Any ideas what this is?

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gailmo

April 09, 2011, 05:06:21 PM Last Edit: April 09, 2011, 05:21:36 PM by buzzbee
I was checking my hive today and ran across something I have not seen before.  It was comb on the TOP end of the frames and had white larva looking things in it....the bees were ALL OVER IT.  There were three of them and each was about the size of a 50 cent coin.  I took a photo, but because of my low post count, need an administrator upload the image.  Hopefully that will be done soon.  


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I have not seen this before and am wondering if any of you experts can tell me what it is.  I didn't have a camera, so I scraped them off with my hive tool and took a photo of it later.  

thanks

hankdog1

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April 09, 2011, 05:22:40 PM
PM Buzzbee he said he's gonna be on later and can help you out with the photo so we can see what your talking about because a picture is worth a thousand words
Take me to the land of milk and honey!!!

buzzbee

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April 09, 2011, 05:23:08 PM
That is drone larvae in comb built between boxes. if they have no room anywhere  else to build drone comb,they will make it where ever they can.

G3farms

#3
April 09, 2011, 05:23:50 PM
more than likely burr comb with drone brood.
those hot bees will have you steppin and a fetchin like your heads on fire and your keister is a catchin!!!

Bees will be bees and do as they please!

gailmo

#4
April 09, 2011, 06:26:58 PM
Phew, I thought it was some moth type of larva or something not good.  Does this signal that I should add another super?  Right now I have three mediums (I use all mediums because I am a "little ol' lady).  I looked carefully at the top medium today and the two side frames are empty--not even pulled. The rest of the frames are semi-filled with brood and honey.  I imagine the lower two mediums are probably pretty full too. 

I have a new queen ordered and will replace my queen in two weeks.....

thanks again for any advice and help.

iddee

#5
April 09, 2011, 08:52:12 PM
I would check the other boxes and move any empty frames found up to the top box, replacing them with filled frames from the top box. Then I would judge the time to add another box by when there are 8 frames drawn in the top box.

Then I would fuss at Iddee for not being PC.  :-D
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me . . . Anything can happen, child. Anything can be"

*Shel Silverstein*

annette

#6
April 10, 2011, 12:09:46 AM
Quote from: iddee on April 09, 2011, 08:52:12 PM
I would check the other boxes and move any empty frames found up to the top box, replacing them with filled frames from the top box. Then I would judge the time to add another box by when there are 8 frames drawn in the top box.

Then I would fuss at Iddee for not being PC.  :-D

Iddee

Where are you?? I thought you were at Buds. This doesn't sound like you. (I mean the last sentence!!)

buzzbee

#7
April 10, 2011, 11:02:36 AM
Annette,
He's definitely at Buds!! As far as being pc ,he threw that out the window when he started pecking the keyboard of a Mac. :-D
Way to go Iddee!!

annette

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April 11, 2011, 01:56:47 PM
OK gotcha!!!
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