Hi Elizabeth
 
Exactly what do you mean when you say you are thinking of trashing the top box?
If for some reason the brood is not viable, the hive will sort it out for
themselves, removing dead larvae and refilling with honey when available.
Hives have a marvellous ability to respond to changing circumstances.  You
may be getting a little over-anxious.
 
My advice is to sit back and relax.
 
Betty McAdam
 
 
>More of the possible missing queen story....... I looked and it appears
>that there is fresh larva,(very small) but not standing on end like some
>had mentioned, but rather just tiny little curled around larva in the
>bottom of many cells.  Mabey I just could not see well enough to see fresh
>eggs.  This was in the box that the original queen was in and mabey still
>in.
>
>Now, in the box 2 above that one there is the oversized cells with large
>larva.  Per Dr. R's advise I check to see if they were large with red eyes
>by picking them out.  Well........ a few just popped out and did not appear
>to have red eyes, I do believe there were a few mites in them though.
>But..... most of them were a gooyee mesh that was kind of stringy and this
>made me worried about AFB.  The cells did not look like those in my books.
>they looked well put together, just big.
>
>I'm thinking of just trashing the top box and trying to save the bottom
>two.....Please help!  Have I come this far to loose my hive?  Beekeeping is
>my relaxation in this busy life I live.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Elizabeth M. Bowles
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