[BujarM]

https://i.imgur.com/i4KIeP6.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1980875718851918/permalink/2659127547693395/

What pest is this?
Is there a treatment?

 

[Absinthe]

Try looking up "blister beetle" and Bee Not sure if that's what it is, but see if the pictures look the same

 

[BujarM]

Try looking up "blister beetle" and Bee Not sure if that's what it is, but see if the pictures look the same

It looks like it is this blister beetle larvae,
Is it harmful?

 

[Absinthe]

I don't actually know. I have seen a gardening article that suggests they will eat bee larva and stores. But I am not aware of specific damage they do to adult bees. Google around and do some research, see what you can find.

 

[roddo27846]

Too cool! Never stop seeing new things about insects. Do you have a lot of these on your bees? I remember smashing one that had went up my pant leg one time in a field of soybeans. I learned why they have that name that day.

I found this on the internet so it has to be true, but, as it turns out, nobody actually knows why they hitch a ride on honey bees as well as a wide range of pollinators.