Bee Body Parts

[billdean]

When cleaning my trays below my screened bottom I noticed lots of what looked like bee legs. Has anyone noticed any bee body parts on there trays or sticky boards? I don't know what this would be from unless it is the older bees dying. Is this anything to worry about?

[Hops Brewster]

A few broken body parts are normal. 

Guess what's in our raw, unfiltered honey?

[Dabbler]

I routinely see the occasional leg/body part.

. . . . But while we are discussing sticky board contents, I have noticed what I assume is bee frass (dark colored, ~1mm dia and 2 mm long, pointed at one end).

Is this indeed frass?
I ask this because I remember reading that bees do not defecate in the hive but wait for cleansing flights.   If not frass, what am I seeing?

[BeeMaster2]

I routinely see the occasional leg/body part.

. . . . But while we are discussing sticky board contents, I have noticed what I assume is bee frass (dark colored, ~1mm dia and 2 mm long, pointed at one end).

Is this indeed frass?
I ask this because I remember reading that bees do not defecate in the hive but wait for cleansing flights.   If not frass, what am I seeing?

You are seeing other bugs poop. Bee poop is a yellow liquid.
Jim

[Dabbler]

Jim - Thanks . . . . I think. 
So if I see a "bunch" of this "other" bug frass how concerned should I be?

At one point, I remember seeing a fair amount on the sticky board- primarily under the frames that came with the nuc I installed. Didn't notice any non-bee residents, but then I am a first year beek and a lot still escapes me.
I do not see nearly as much now but most brood has hatched and I am hoping to see some eggs and larve from my post-swarm queen this weekend.

This "foreign feces" is way down on my list of colony concerns but would be good to know for the future.

[yes2matt]

I just learned a new word.

[BeeMaster2]

Down here, when the hive does not fill up the entire void, the cockroaches will live around the bees. Very nasty to see them in the observation hive. As the bees start filling the hive the bugs have less and less room and are eventually run out.
With having SBBs they also live down there because the bees cannot get in there to protect the area. 
Jim