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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: Marty68 on February 01, 2014, 08:39:26 pm

Title: My bees
Post by: Marty68 on February 01, 2014, 08:39:26 pm

 

(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.cc%2Fzdojgr70f%2Fmarty.jpg&hash=b8c4397296a94dd3fc27c88af34441b4a96f922a) (http://postimage.cc/image/zdojgr70f)

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: Jen on February 02, 2014, 12:21:51 am

Hmmm, not sure what we are looking at here...

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: LazyBkpr on February 02, 2014, 01:45:19 am

Looks like bees in sugar at the top of the hive...  grain bag is probably the liner lifted off, but cant zoom in on the image to get a GOOD peek...

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: riverbee on February 02, 2014, 11:02:20 am

marty, can you re post your picture for us in a larger size?

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: Marty68 on February 03, 2014, 09:33:46 am

Ok will do
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs29.postimg.cc%2Fr371pg5lv%2Fimage.jpg&hash=543eb3c77107115d5cbaeaef218494d9f1804437) (http://postimg.cc/image/r371pg5lv/)

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: Marty68 on February 03, 2014, 09:37:35 am

I did look in yesterday and I have a few more dead bees on top now that I took the cage out. Thinking I might have to put in back on the way it is now I have more air coming in and I think that why I have more dead

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: LazyBkpr on February 03, 2014, 06:35:57 pm

Marty..  I cant see much in the picture, but have to ask if the sugar around the opening is stained? If so, do they have Nosema? If not, what is the staining from?   Thanks!   
   Scott

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: rrog13 on February 04, 2014, 07:03:30 am

Is that sugar ...or some type of insulation?

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: Marty68 on February 04, 2014, 08:17:57 am

it is sugar. and there is no stain around it that is the bees. i also have a patty in there so maybe that's what is looking dark to you.

Title: Re: My bees
Post by: LazyBkpr on February 04, 2014, 06:44:46 pm

AHh, ok, cool, I feel better now  ;D