> I'll have to mark some frames and do some follow up inspections now, see if the open cells are recapped and then bees emerge.    Has any one else seen this?  What is your take on this kind of event?


I don't think recapping of brood is a significant indication of anything other than what bees will do naturally either as a part of normal hygienic behavior or routine capping. In the Harris study, recapping was discussed to some extent but I didn't get the sense that it makes any difference in terms of infestation levels. It's a stretch to think that bees are uncapping brood then inspecting cells and deciding on which ones to recap. 

  

>Effect of Brood Type on Varroa-Sensitive Hygiene by Worker Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(6) · November 2008 

>Jeffrey Harris


Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT 

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