I did lose hives in the big flood in September, but the hives on my deck were fine. I lost one of them over the winter and am down to two hives, but those appear to be thriving. The dead hive, I think was either queenless or weak going into winter. The way the dead bees look in the hive I think they were robbed and died that way. The hive was full of stored open capped syrup that I think the small cadre of survivors put up after the robbery but were too small a cluster to stay alive in our last three weeks of 20 degree weather.
Linda T in Atlanta