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There were 8 of these in the top 2 supers of a 4 medium super hive last week. I requeened this hive last year. Ended up putting another medium on it today. THANKS, MIKE! :applause:
John
No, but he has an e-mail address. PM me and I'll give it to you.Does Mike Palmer have a website?
No, but he has an e-mail address. PM me and I'll give it to you.
Seems a little personal to post this openly like this. Webmaster can you pls delete? Or maybe mcdermottm you can do us the honors, pls?
You want some spottiness- as I understand it, that is from hygeinic behavior - bees picking out larvae with mites and maybe other diseases.John,
Doesn't that frame look somewhat spotty to you? It almost looks like the empty cells could be spelling something.
I guess so, but not in new comb like that. And I have seen plenty of frames of brood that were top to bottom and end bar to end bar w/out and, or hardly any, empty cells. This has usually occured in newly drawn Pierco frames in nuc boxes. But i have seen it in full sized colonies too.You want some spottiness- as I understand it, that is from hygeinic behavior - bees picking out larvae with mites and maybe other diseases.
I don't think that you think this isn't a quality queen, I just think it's interesting that you spend the time counting 150 empty cells when it's obvious the remaining 3,000 or so are filled. I mean, just sayin'...:lpf:i don't want anyone thinking that I think that the frame isn't from a quality queen.
What were your bees cleaning out of 150 cells on one side of this comb?
Exactly, normal mortality pattern. Great looking frame of brood.You want some spottiness- as I understand it, that is from hygeinic behavior - bees picking out larvae with mites and maybe other diseases.