Oct 5, 2004 · The open pupae or uncapped adult bee can be a symptom of several things. It can be viral in nature caused by the mites. It can also be wax moth worms tunneling under the …

Aug 10, 2024 · This mature hive swarmed 2 months ago and appeared to re-queen successfully last month with nice egg and larvae patterns. Yesterday, there were no eggs or larvae...only …

Sep 19, 2004 · Earlier in the week we went in Hives 2 and 3, to put in bee escapes in hopes to take off honey and treat just in case these were prone to the same fate as #1. The supers …

Jun 4, 2010 · I pulled about 30 dead drone pupae from their cells, and among the 30 I found only one lone varroa mite. In this picture you can see the capped drone brood still on the frame in …

Oct 10, 2008 · Worker pupae in sealed cells that have varroa mites reproducing in them are often uncapped and removed by hygienic workers. They uncap the pupae after the heads have …

Apr 11, 2009 · AFB in Denmark must bee reported (Danish law) and bees cannot be moved before the treatment has been done or the bees declared free for AFB. By the way AFB …

Aug 14, 2014 · My personal, somewhat clumsy and inexperienced, record of removing drone pupae from capped cells is that yanking them by the head frequently decapitates them. …

Jun 14, 2016 · There are quite a few dead pupae in the lime tray. They are totally white, but with formed heads etc. They are solid white almost clear. My bee club members recommended …

Dec 25, 2023 · 'The results of this study also showed that patterns of DWV-A and DWV-B infections can differ significantly across honey bee pupae, even when these hosts belong to …

Sep 12, 2014 · Last night was cold (50 degrees F) and I went to see how my bees were doing. The temp is now 58 degrees and there is little movement; but I did notice a worker removing a …