Recognizing emerging bees

[Cindi]

I am still having a problem wrapping my head around how to identify what is "emerging brood".  I was reading a post about strengthening hive by adding emerging brood.  This is not the first time that I have come across this terminology and can't quite figure out how to figure out if they are indeed emerging brood, unless one actually looks really close and sees them emerging.  But, OK, how long does it actually take a baby bee to emerge from its cell.  I would imagine only a few minutes, so...there is my question again.  How can you tell?  I have watched emerging brood, and it is very neat to watch.  Great day.Cindi

[Michael Bush]

Eggs.  Unhached eggs.
Open brood.  Larvae that are not capped.
Capped brood.  Brood with cappings on top.
Emerging brood.  Brood with bees chewing off caps and emerging.

If a few are emerging, usually more will be shortly.

How long?  Only a fer minutes actually.

If you see them emerging you have a frame of emerging brood.

[Cindi]

Michael thanks, that makes perfect sense, now that I think about it.  Yeah, it really does, now that I think about it more.  Awesome.  Great day. Cindi