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This is one for the moderator: is it acceptable (for greater visibility of post) to duplicate in both the Bee Forum and the Disease and Pests forum? I'm happy to abide by any policy, just need to know what it is.
If it's okay , I'll say that I could use some help with diagnosis of a diseased hive. I pulled out a sampling of brood and took photos and here's a link to photos on a Google Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/51F8kHXGttzxVc649
I probably ought to find out who the current county inspector is and have her/him come out and take a look.
Does this look like foulbrood? On the surface , the hive looks healthy, excepting there are period where there are a lot of crawlers. Sugar rolls found no mites in two recent checks. No odor in brood. No melting down of larvae. No melting down of pupae, as described in symptoms of AFB. No discolored larvae that I've seen, but pupae can sometimes be a bit off white and I don't know when that starts with development of mature bees. Lots of pupae with tongues sticking out. Many bees looking normal when emerging but are crawlers (I've never really asked: how soon CAN bees fly after emerging?) Some almost formed but not yet emerged bees look wet/dark/greasy.
If it's okay , I'll say that I could use some help with diagnosis of a diseased hive. I pulled out a sampling of brood and took photos and here's a link to photos on a Google Photos album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/51F8kHXGttzxVc649
I probably ought to find out who the current county inspector is and have her/him come out and take a look.
Does this look like foulbrood? On the surface , the hive looks healthy, excepting there are period where there are a lot of crawlers. Sugar rolls found no mites in two recent checks. No odor in brood. No melting down of larvae. No melting down of pupae, as described in symptoms of AFB. No discolored larvae that I've seen, but pupae can sometimes be a bit off white and I don't know when that starts with development of mature bees. Lots of pupae with tongues sticking out. Many bees looking normal when emerging but are crawlers (I've never really asked: how soon CAN bees fly after emerging?) Some almost formed but not yet emerged bees look wet/dark/greasy.