The good news is that the honey has been harvested and yielded about 9 gallons of honey, which should yield about 108 jars of honey.
The bad news is that the hives have varroa mites, which causes the deformed wing syndrome.
We found bees without any wings at all.
All the hives were treated with "mite away quick strips". These are pads soaked in formic acid, which kills the existing mites, even in the developing larvae. The bees hate it, and fan their wings and spread the cure throughout the hive. Also good news is it does not affect the honey, so we could harvest again.
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