Re: Black honeycomb

Is it mould?

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:29:14 GMT, "Marc W Wachter"
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>I recently visited my grandfather's hives to help him close them up for the
>winter (North-central Pennsylvania).  One hive was a Russian hybrid which
>has done ok but nothing spectacular - they filled 1 medium super since
>they've been there (May 2003).  The other hive was a Minnesota hybrid which,
>from day one, never did anything.  We tried feeders and raw pollen -
>nothing.  When I opened the hive this past weekend - a large group of bees
>were drowned in the frame feeder and there were NO live bees - every single
>one of the brood had left - no chalkbrood or anything but the odd part was
>all of the honeycomb was black - any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>Marc Wachter
>Bluebird Hill Apiaries
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