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Re: Strange BLACK BALLS in Hive
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Andy Nachbar <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 09:10:15 -0700
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At 11:19 AM 10/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
>cemented on, AND about 50-60 BLACK BALLS , almost perfectly spherical,
 
>What have I got?
 
My guess is that what you are looking at are the heads of drones who were
trapped above the excluders and died. The embalmber bees were able to
remove all but the heads and may have covered them with bee glue.
 
ttul, the OLd Drone

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