Hive Trouble: Front Door Dead

A past mentee put out an inquiry about why he was having dead bees amassing in front of a hive. I went ahead and worked a site-visit into my schedule to look at the hive with him. This video examines our findings, or lack thereof!

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Possible causes of front-door dead
02:04 Initial yard walkthrough and visual inspections
02:44 Initial inspection of trouble-hive exterior
04:10 Getting into the hive
05:02 Realizing the bees in the hive appear materially different
05:38 Looking to determine queen status
06:00 Usurpation swarm
07:26 Putting them back together
08:03 Summary

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