Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => DISEASE & PEST CONTROL => Topic started by: BB2 on May 28, 2011, 05:25:36 am
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Hi to all,
Discovered this forum and like it so making a first post to ask is there any cause for alarm after finding this black substance on the varroa board under a newly installed (one week) nucleus in a Langstroth hive.
There are only 5/6 varroa on the board and the bees are flying and active despite poor weather at present.
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Any positive diagnosis please.
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bee poop
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Hey!
Are you saying the big black blob almost at centre is bee poop!!??
That's a big pile of dung for a little bee!
How do they get it in one pile.
Would appreciate the how, what and when please but thanks for the reply.
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don't know what made the black glob, but other insects and critters get on your slide in. it's a great place for mice to nest if you leave them in over the winter ;-)
if the hive looks and acts healthy, stuff like that is probably not to important...
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How do they get it in one pile.
squat and squeeze :-D
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Women do seem to go the bathroom in groups........................
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I'm with Kathy on this one. Sometimes I find strange looking stuff on the bottom board, but I don't worry about it when the hive is otherwise healthy looking.
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Something other than a bee probably was scavenging food from the tray and left some feces behind.