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Subject:	Re: Brood Malady
From:	Bill Hesbach <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:58:59 -0400
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>Hemolymph turns black when exposed to O2, so that's what
the ashy stuff is.


That's the explanation I was looking for. Thanks so much, it makes perfect sense that hemolymph was leaking out of the chewed pupa. In this case, I think it's overexpression of hygienic behavior because the colony's bee population is currently way ahead of the varroa curve and all that uncapping and removal isn't normal especially when you consider this was a hived swarm just a few weeks in the box. 


Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT 

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