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Both hives gone... advice please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 2982" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Spotty brood is a sign but spotty brood can be caused by other things so should not be used for a diagnosis. Signs of mite issues in the brood are dead mature pupae, that dies while trying to emerge from the cell. They have their head out but did not have the strength to go further and died, often with their tongues poking straight out. Also there will be partly chewed pupae in the early pupal stage, that the bees have chewed part way down. There may also be dead larvae that did not even make it to the capping stage. All these dead larvae can be differentiated from AFB by the colour of them, and the consistency, they do not turn into gooey ropey snot like consistency that will rope quite some distance like AFB. Can also be differentiated from the somewhat similar sac brood by many mite killed larvae not turning into a sacklike condition full of liquid, but remaining solid.</p><p>There will also likely be pupae that have had the caps removed by the bees and you can see the fully formed head of the bee.</p><p></p><p>And the icon you gave Trevor, you can change it. Just hold your mouse over the LIKE on the lower right of the post, and select a different icon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 2982, member: 13"] Spotty brood is a sign but spotty brood can be caused by other things so should not be used for a diagnosis. Signs of mite issues in the brood are dead mature pupae, that dies while trying to emerge from the cell. They have their head out but did not have the strength to go further and died, often with their tongues poking straight out. Also there will be partly chewed pupae in the early pupal stage, that the bees have chewed part way down. There may also be dead larvae that did not even make it to the capping stage. All these dead larvae can be differentiated from AFB by the colour of them, and the consistency, they do not turn into gooey ropey snot like consistency that will rope quite some distance like AFB. Can also be differentiated from the somewhat similar sac brood by many mite killed larvae not turning into a sacklike condition full of liquid, but remaining solid. There will also likely be pupae that have had the caps removed by the bees and you can see the fully formed head of the bee. And the icon you gave Trevor, you can change it. Just hold your mouse over the LIKE on the lower right of the post, and select a different icon. [/QUOTE]
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