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It's been a rough year for a lot of people I know.
I've also found the lack of swarm calls disturbing and 3 trees with wild bees are empty right now.
I was convinced my lost hives were due to the reasons you mentioned above, though mine were dead in a cluster on top of the frames. I saw something a while back that if your bees are dying on the ground in front of the hive it could be tracheal mites.
My dumbest gaff so far this year is sticking my hand into a glove that a few bees had crawled into while I was taking a pic. Stupid is as stupid does.
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