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  • From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
  • To: Margaret Krome-Lukens <mskromelukens AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] frames with old moldy pollen + some kind of insect eggs?
  • Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:33:31 -0500

Margaret,
Yes, the bees will clean up the moldy pollen. It's not a problem.

The shiny egg looking things are cockroach egg cases. I'd pull them off and
crush them.

-John

John Rintoul
(919) 414-4071

> On Mar 15, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Margaret Krome-Lukens
> <mskromelukens AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Two questions!
>
> 1) I had a hive that (after a strong summer) took a nose dive, and squeaked
> through the winter with almost no bees. (Shockingly, it seems to be on the
> path to recovery currently). The bottom medium - which I removed this
> afternoon - was full of frames that were partly empty, and partly had cells
> with old pollen in them that appeared to have molded on top for lack of
> bees maintaining/using them:
>
> <IMG_2630[1].JPG>
>
> Hard to see in the photo, but there are just a couple cells with a little
> bit of cobweb across them too - not widespread across the box, though.
>
> My second hive has three mediums (newly full of honey, some of it getting
> capped, as well as brood, pollen, etc), is bursting with bees, and needs
> more space.
>
> Would my second, seemingly very healthy hive, clean out the medium box of
> moldy pollen frames? Or would the old frames be unhealthy for them, and I
> should just get new ones?
>
> 2) Anybody know what the shine oblong/rectangular egg-looking things are in
> this photo? Found 'em in the bottom of a hive. Sorry the picture's blurry!
>
> <IMG_2628[1].JPG>
>
> Thanks y'all, this listserv is a fabulous resource!
>
>
>
> Margaret
>
>
>
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