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In a message dated 04/11/05 01:59:06 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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<<Isis Glass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bees eating eggs and larvae is what I have always
> heard. You never see them
> dragging out larvae, now, do you?
By the same token, have you ever seen them eating the
eggs and/or larvae?
Mike in Alabama>>
I've seen both. In my first year as a beekeeper, I found large numbers of
larvae being thrown out onto the hive floor, and subsequently thrown out of the
hive, where I found them on the ground. I panicked, thinking it was EFB, but
it was actually an ill-adapted strain trying to raise more brood than it
could cope with early in the season, resulting in starved brood. I now find
larvae being uncapped and eaten, with no sign of any being thrown out.
Regards,
Robert Brenchley
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