Here is a picture of 3 combs which I removed and the pile of dead bees. This is the top box's contents - I had to pull combs in order to get the bees cleaned out from between the combs. They are very light and beautiful. I'm certain now though that they starved. There is NO honey at all. So sad. I refuse to see this happen again! When I rehive my new colonies, I will feed them vigorously until mid-June and I will feed them in the fall so they go into winter with lots of honey stores!!

Well, that's the hope anyway.