it's like mud...

[filmmlif]

one of my hives has what looks like mud hanging from the frames...i know it's from the girls but what is it? i'm sure it's not good...:(

[Michael Bush]

Like dry mud?  Sticky mud?  Maybe a mud dauber moved into a failing hive?  Pollen?  Is it in the cells or hanging down.  If it's wet and in the cells, it's pollen.

[filmmlif]

it's like wet mud and hanging off the bottom of the frames...not pollen that's for sure...and a dark color like mud.

[randydrivesabus]

picture?

[MrILoveTheAnts]

Maybe something some wax moths left behind?

[Mici]

if there are small ammounts, probably propolis, but the mud comparison makes me wonder....

[rdy-b]

          Mash it  :-D

[mick]

Any water getting in there? or heaps of condensation?

[Scadsobees]

Propolis is often quite dark, especially when old.  I've had a hive that actually built a partial curtain of it across the bottom entrance from the frames to the bottom board.  I didn't think it looked like mud, though it could look wet.

Rick

[filmmlif]

i will take a pic of it this weekend when we open the hive again....i thought it was propolis but there is so much of it.

[Jerrymac]

I had a hive that the bottom entrance was nearly completely sealed up by propolis.  The original entrance was the width of a ten frame deep and 3/4 inchs wide. The bees closed it to a narrow slit of 1/4 inch wide and a couple of inches long. It was not mud color, more of a dark mustard.

[doak]

If an entrance reducer isn't used they will seal the entrance most of the way in winter. Mine did.
doak