white spots on some of my bees

sandhya · April 30, 2007, 10:33:20 PM

in my arduent task of still looking for my queen, I notice some of my bees have white (very white) spots on them..no, not marks, spots like splattered paint.... :?
of course the first one I got all excited because she quickly came out and then quickly went back in....^(_(@ thought it was her, but of course she was just a worker..
so whats up with the spots?

reinbeau · April 30, 2007, 11:15:39 PM

It's probably pollen. When the jewelweed blooms around here all the girls have white stripes down their backs!

Jerrymac · May 01, 2007, 01:06:15 AM

Do you have a feeder on the hive? Could it be sugar water dripped on the bees and dried there?

sandhya · May 01, 2007, 11:01:08 PM

very true!!! SUGAR!!! as today as a matter of fact... I put a new LEAKY can on and before I left, I checked it and found out all of it had dripped out into the hive...so they got a sugar shower today...that will keep em busy!!!!!
cant seem to get the holes right in these cans!

Jerrymac · May 01, 2007, 11:23:44 PM

Cans? :?

What kind of cans? I have a vision of an open top on this can you are talking about. Or an opening somewhere on the side or top.

Mklangelo · May 01, 2007, 11:33:18 PM

Quote from: sandhya on April 30, 2007, 10:33:20 PM
in my arduent task of still looking for my queen, I notice some of my bees have white (very white) spots on them..no, not marks, spots like splattered paint.... :?
of course the first one I got all excited because she quickly came out and then quickly went back in....^(_(@ thought it was her, but of course she was just a worker..
so whats up with the spots?

I saw some similar marks on a few of my workers Thorax. I have no idea what that is. Kind of like a little splatter?

It's probably a splatter of syrup now that I read on

Michael Bush · May 02, 2007, 11:07:12 PM

When they work Milkweed they get stuff glued on them that is white.

Ross · May 03, 2007, 03:29:28 PM

I'd say wax flakes....