Hi to all,
Discovered this forum and like it so making a first post to ask is there any cause for alarm after finding this black substance on the varroa board under a newly installed (one week) nucleus in a Langstroth hive.
There are only 5/6 varroa on the board and the bees are flying and active despite poor weather at present.
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Any positive diagnosis please.
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bee poop
Hey!
Are you saying the big black blob almost at centre is bee poop!!??
That's a big pile of dung for a little bee!
How do they get it in one pile.
Would appreciate the how, what and when please but thanks for the reply.
don't know what made the black glob, but other insects and critters get on your slide in. it's a great place for mice to nest if you leave them in over the winter ;-)
if the hive looks and acts healthy, stuff like that is probably not to important...
Quote from: BB2 on May 28, 2011, 08:13:55 AM
How do they get it in one pile.
squat and squeeze :-D
Women do seem to go the bathroom in groups........................
I'm with Kathy on this one. Sometimes I find strange looking stuff on the bottom board, but I don't worry about it when the hive is otherwise healthy looking.
Something other than a bee probably was scavenging food from the tray and left some feces behind.