Dead and dying bees - when to worry

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Bees Died with their Tongues Sticking Out: Pesticides?

We inspected our hive the other day- and found a few hundred (or more) dead bees on top of the inner cover. I assumed the bees had taken to dumping their dead workers upstairs as we had left the hole uncovered… Afterwards - Looking at a photo of them I noticed many/most had their tongues sticking out. I googled- and saw this was listed as a symptom of pesticide poisoning? [image] [image] The hive appeared to be otherwise very healthy- innumerable bees covering every frame thickly, brood at …

Hi Josh, Jeff has a good point of course, and I do hope he is right - but I thought I noticed tongues out in your photo.