Bcrazy
Drone Bee
- Joined
- Nov 14, 2008
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- Location
- Warboys, CAMBS
- Hive Type
- None
- Number of Hives
- nil bees given away all colonies
When doing an inspection in late March I noticed a few black and grey larvae.
It's around this time of year that the brood and brood pattern is not fully covered with bees. There are more larvae than house bees. It only happens for a couple of weeks but it can cause Chilled brood that is brood which is on the periphery of the brood pattern and therefore not covered by bees to keep them at the correct temperature of growth.
This is a natural phenomenon where by the beekeeper can only keep checking for Chilled brood. I don't know if the bees will remove the dead larvae or not, perhaps someone might enlighten us.
Here's what they look like.
Regards;
It's around this time of year that the brood and brood pattern is not fully covered with bees. There are more larvae than house bees. It only happens for a couple of weeks but it can cause Chilled brood that is brood which is on the periphery of the brood pattern and therefore not covered by bees to keep them at the correct temperature of growth.
This is a natural phenomenon where by the beekeeper can only keep checking for Chilled brood. I don't know if the bees will remove the dead larvae or not, perhaps someone might enlighten us.
Here's what they look like.
Regards;