I also found in the images, numerous cells that had brood uncapped! It looks like the bees reacted to the varroa mites and are in the process of getting rid of brood that are infected. I will post photos of that tomorrow when I get time to do that.
Monday, July 7, 2008
June 7, 2008 - 7 pm
After looking through the pictures that were taken during the July 4 visit I decided to let the bees do what they will with the supercedure cells they created some time in the last six weeks.
I also found in the images, numerous cells that had brood uncapped! It looks like the bees reacted to the varroa mites and are in the process of getting rid of brood that are infected. I will post photos of that tomorrow when I get time to do that.
I also found in the images, numerous cells that had brood uncapped! It looks like the bees reacted to the varroa mites and are in the process of getting rid of brood that are infected. I will post photos of that tomorrow when I get time to do that.
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