Bee with white hairs

[mintmoth]

Spotted this bee yesterday, her hairs are white instead of the usual gingery brown, she seemed healthy, although a little clumsy. Is this something to worry about, or a genetic aberration?

 

[taurus]

Was it one recently emerged?

 

[Beefriendly]

Was it one recently emerged?

Whatever it is it looks cuddly....

 

[mintmoth]

Was it one recently emerged?

I would say not. I put a second brood box with frames of foundation on top two weeks ago, and this bee was on a newly drawn and laid frame, not in the bottom box where brood is emerging at the moment.

 

[beeno]

Apis mellifera carnica commonly called Carniolians also called the grey bee.

 

[Madge]

That’s a young newly emerged bee. They can move away from the cells from which they’ve emerged.

 

[linoleum bonypart]

Saw a drone with white eyes other day very strange

 

[Anduril]

Saw a drone with white eyes other day very strange

It’s blind.

 

[Anduril]

That’s a young newly emerged bee. They can move away from the cells from which they’ve emerged.

 

[mintmoth]

That’s a young newly emerged bee. They can move away from the cells from which they’ve emerged.

OK, thanks. And thanks for taking the time to answer a newbie question

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Saw a drone with white eyes other day very strange

Ah yes Grasshopper