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- From: Randall Austin <ra41717 AT gmail.com>
- To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:24:36 -0400
This is just a slightly assymetrical
version of a bullseye brood pattern. The capped brood on the right
are older, almost ready to emerge. The capped brood on the left
are recently capped. You can uncap a few to confirm. What has
happened is that the queen has laid in the normal concentric
circle pattern, starting in the middle (or in this case, a bit
left of center). The earliest-laid brood has emerged. The queen
then has gone back in to the center and begun again laying in the
now-empty center, creating a second wave effect. At the time of
this snapshot the earliest larvae in the second wave (the most
central) has been capped, the youngest encircles that (taking
account of the nest being asymmetrical on the frame) and the
oldest is still capped on the outermost edge.
This pattern is very common, in fact expected, in healthy rapidly-expanding colonies. Nothing is wrong, . It is a sign of a productive queen. Randall Austin On 3/30/2013 7:41 PM, Just Bee wrote: 5E869C81-5F1F-44DF-9AAB-7738A46BDFA3 AT justbeenc.com" type="cite">Hey all, I stopped by Carly's today to check on her bees. They had lots of mixed aged brood to eggs, but she has 2-3 frames with this weird pattern on it. This deep had brood of so e age on 6 frames. The shallow above had 4 frames. I call it the Nile, but the queen has went back in and laid in there already. Has anyone see anything like this? Big brood size with some pollen but just not the normal oval shape. Thanks Marty |
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[ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Just Bee, 03/30/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Randall Austin, 03/31/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Just Bee, 03/31/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Elisabeth Curtis, 03/31/2013
- Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?, Blair Christian, 03/31/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Elisabeth Curtis, 03/31/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Just Bee, 03/31/2013
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Re: [ocba] Weird brood pattern?,
Randall Austin, 03/31/2013
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