My husband, the beekeeper, is away on business for the week. While he was gone I went out to check on our hive. I found the upper super with bees drawing out comb, but when I removed the super to check the top brood, there were about three clumps of propolis covered magot-like creatures. The bees were all over them and evidently trying to get rid of them. They are completely white about 3/4 to 1 inch long and about a 1/4 inch thick. The clusters were on top of the bars. I was unable to get to the frames that they were sitting on. I guess I chickened out after being stung twice. I thought I had better wait for the beekeeper to return! Can anyone identify these pests? I looked in Root's ABC book, but they didn't seem to fit the description of any of the wax moth larvae. Thank you, Lois Rich