[kenargo]

I am seeing a number of these on the bottom board; nay ideas?

I don't think they are wax moth (notice what appears to be eyes and a stinger forming (?)

I'm suspecting they may be malformed bee larvae that the bees are clearing out but beyond that I am at a loss.

 

[Joseph Clemens]

They have the appearance of fly larva, they look just like certain hover fly larva. See --> link.

 

[tomkat]

Awfully big for bee larva. Do you have a reference for size?? Nickle Dime??

 

[kenargo]

They are about the size of a capped worker brood.

I don't think they are a hover fly, notice the above one; it appears to have eyes beginning at one end and what appears to be a stinger at the other.

 

[sqkcrk]

Alien larvae.

 

[kenargo]

A few more photos:

 

[jimsteelejr]

definitely not bees -I seem to remember an article in one of the bee journals a few months ago about a fly that preyed on bees-may be syphlid(spelling) does any one remember the article and the name of the pest?

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Sorry guys, they're definitely fly larva. I'd put them, with some food, in a sealed container, wait for them to mature. They're easier to identify after they're adults. Though I'm sure, some expert on flies is smiling, easily able to identify them, even as larva.

 

[Brad Bee]

Alien larvae.

Definitely.

 

[djei5]

They are something that should be eliminated with extreme prejudice.