>>Curious how other beekeepers handle small amounts of brood in
extracting comb...
I'd leave those frames over the hive to let the larvae mature and emerge. I use queen-excluders these days and don't have to face this situation.
>>...and what the effect is on honey if large amounts of
larvae juices get into the honey.
I assume you'd filter out the larvae with small wax particles etc. Larvae juices will be negligible. Unless the frames are ~75% and up with brood.
>>Especially troubling is the situation where brood and comb sit in a hot room and then not extracted say for 5-10 days after removing from
hive.
Why not then leave these frames over the hive and let the brood emerge? It seems to me a cruel and wasteful way of treating baby bees.
On the other hand, in the tropics of Asia brood is regularly collected and consumed as a protein source with a nutty flavor.
Waldemar
Long Island, NY
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