pink blotches on insepection board

[Buzzo]

hi
noticed over the last few weeks pinkish/red blotches on the insepection board.

uploaded pic ( top left corner).

Any ideas ?

Thanks

 

[Erichalfbee]

hi
noticed over the last few weeks pinkish/red blotches on the insepection board.

uploaded pic ( top left corner).

Any ideas ?

Thanks

Mould?
I would use a sheet of correx which is easy to clean off every time you look at it. At least get yours out and re paint it?

 

[Buzzo]

thanks,i dont think its mould as its more of a stain than a growth.

appreciate the correx tip.

 

[Erichalfbee]

thanks,i dont think its mould as its more of a stain than a growth.

appreciate the correx tip.

Moulds can look like stains. It could be a lichen. Look at it with a microscope? I suspect it’s something growing on the inspection board rather than dropping on it from the bees...... unless your hive is bleeding

 

[For want of a better word]

My son says it looks like Tubulifera arachnoidea, a red slime mold ( or is it mould?)

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

easy solution - take the board out and leave it out

 

[Finsbury]

Why are they in anyway?

 

[madasafish]

Why are they in anyway?

Mine are in as it is Winter and -3C last night..

 

[Beefriendly]

Was the board damp? The pink colour could come from a pigment (prodigiosin) produced by a bacteria under the right growing conditions..1.e damp. The main one is Serratia marcescens which is commonly referred to as “pink mold” or “pink mildew” but it is a bacteria.

 

[Walrus]

vampire bees?

Apis mellifera sanguis

 

[pargyle]

Mice ...eating red berries

 

[Erichalfbee]

Mice ...eating red berries

Love that
None left here. The hedgerows were groaning with berries two weeks ago. Now completely bare.

 

[pargyle]

Love that
None left here. The hedgerows were groaning with berries two weeks ago. Now completely bare.

Still a lot down here ... hawthorn thick with them...Berberis hedge is groaning with them ... birds really enjoying the feast. Saw the badger in the front garden hoovering up the windfalls the other night as well. Badgers also hoovered up the windfall pears at my mums house but barely touched the Bramley cookers ...? badgers must have a very sweet tooth ! Seeing more and more badges rs these days ... considering i live near the centre of town ... badgers following the lead
of urban foxes ?

 

[Finsbury]

Mine are in as it is Winter and -3C last night..

Bees don't die of cold they die of damp. I suppose you are still using matchsticks!

 

[Walrus]

Nice evening for a bit of trolling

 

[Erichalfbee]

Nice evening for a bit of trolling

Ha ha....keep those matchsticks in

 

[For want of a better word]

Ha ha....keep those matchsticks in

Matchstick propping eyelids open, reading a book called the Bee Manual by Haynes that the twins bought for me to read.
On page 133 Preparing for Winter it says to raise the inner cover using a matchstick and has an illustration with a virgin matchstick unstruck.

I think by the time I have learned this book off by heart I will be able to pass the Master Beekeepers exam with flying colours!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Bees don't die of cold they die of damp.

Neither - they die of neglect or beekeeper incompetence

 

[Finsbury]

Neither - they die of neglect or beekeeper incompetence

Agreed. I was merely referring to the comment regarding placing boards in due to cold weather.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Matchstick propping eyelids open, reading a book called the Bee Manual by Haynes that the twins bought for me to read.
On page 133 Preparing for Winter it says to raise the inner cover using a matchstick and has an illustration with a virgin matchstick unstruck.

I think by the time I have learned this book off by heart I will be able to pass the Master Beekeepers exam with flying colours!

Do you know.....sometimes I think you are beginning to fit in well here

Agreed. I was merely referring to the comment regarding placing boards in due to cold weather.

Mine are in but with a gap at the back