bee cut out

[thurrock bees]

Hi all
Last week i recieved a call from a young woman stating that there was bee's in her roof and could i help her. So i went to take a look. They were indead honey bees that had been there since last year. I gave her the option of me reoving the guttering and front wood board and i will try to rmove them.

Well yesterday i went and after 6 hours, £hours trying to get access to them, i managed to hive them on empty frames. I will check them over the next few days as i saw no queen but there was worker brood and drone brood.
There was something that surprised me about these bees in what they have done, i took a picture of it and lets see if you can spot it?????

 

[Poly Hive]

Half awake here but to be honest it looks pretty normal to me.

PH

 

[thurrock bees]

look that the first picture and dont look at the comb

 

[roymichaeldean]

Sherlock

Hi

Give us a clue Mate



roy

 

[Vergilius]

Are those funny oblong things in the first pic queen cells built on the wall?


Ben P

 

[Mike a]

Looks like what ever is on the brick work has been entombed.

 

[MJBee]

Are they wax moth cocoons?

 

[whizzwheels]

They look the same as what in one of the bird nest boxes on my house wall.

 

[thurrock bees]

A Winner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Are they wax moth cocoons?

Your correct MJBee, they are Greater Wax Moth larva, they ALL was cocooned by the bees, when i scrapped them off they was still alive!