The 3 honey supers which were harvested were returned to the commercial colonies. I noticed some pesticide exposure on 2 of the eastern most commercial hives. The external dead bee accumulation seems small but there is considerable poisoning behavior inside the hives. Twitching and uncontrolled movements were seen. Also bees falling off frames and disorganized behavior.
The smaller of the 2 poisoned hives from early August was moved from the Niagara Street location back to the campus. A full inspection was performed. The population of bees was extremely small. No eggs, larva or brood was seen. A queen was found but appears to possibly be a virgin queen or extremely underfeed. A full frame of brood with burse bees was transferred into this hive from one of the over crowded commercial boxes.