Failing Bees In A Dying Mississippi Town

Photos at the end of this video are from several towns in Mississippi including Bassfield, Columbia, Clarksdale, Gulfport and others.

This honey bee hive removal was done on August eighth 2023. I had a home for these bees to go to originally but since one hive was queenless at the time of removal and the other rolled their queen during the removal, I just took them home and combined them with a couple of my colonies. My friend who was supposed to get them didn't have access to a replacement queen and In August I don't turn loose of any of mine so there was no sense in dropping them off at his place. This coming spring I'll help him catch a swarm.

It is true that I took two samples of bees from that left side colony to test for mites and neither sample had any mites. That was not what I expected to find on a weaker looking colony.

I repaired the interior wall as well as the rotten trim around the outside of the window in order to prevent a reinfestation.

On my return trip home that evening I passed through Columbia, MS and got Chinese food which is where I took that night shot of the take-out restaurant.


Music is from Epidemic Sound
1 Coyote - Wilsohn
2 Fall Draws Near - American Legion
3 Riverside Drive - Northside