Overnight, the Polski Hive seems to have been poisoned and just like last year’s bee massacre in July, it was sudden and excruciating to witness.
Apparently, pesticide poisoning is a neighborhood tradition.
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Oh, jeez, that’s terrible! That’s not exactly a tradition that one wants to continue.
That is really weird. And you have no idea how it is happening? You may want to send some of those to the state university for testing.