Frank I. Reiter wrote:
I have small, white and large, pink larvae.
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> http://www.blessedbee.ca/encyclopedia/honeybees/diseases/waxmoths.php
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> Can anybody help me to reconcile this?
Since wax moth larvae eat pollen, I suggest that pink (or probably red)
pollen is the reason. Here the in the UK Midlands all wax moth larvae seem
to be a dirty off-white colour - yellow inside if you squish them!
Peter Edwards
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