Hive is dead, 12/19/2018

Opened it up to verify, yes all dead.  Took all honey except one bar (made a gallon and a half of honey), left 4 brood and one honey in the hive and closed up the entrance.

Looked at a bunch of dead ones under the scope, lots of varroa.

Have to decide what to do about the coming year....

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