miniegg
New Bee
I'm a very rusty beekeeper, back to it after a few years break. I found a wax moth larva in my hive today.
Unwelcome but not unexpected as it's a new colony and very small yet.
It's the first time I've found one and co-incidentally the first time I've seen almost formed pupae at the hive entrance. Two (not major, I know)
Waxy not chalky, looked quite fresh and maybe roughly day 12-14 ish stage development.
Do you think the two things are related? I'm just curious as I've never seen pupae thrown out like that before.
Unwelcome but not unexpected as it's a new colony and very small yet.
It's the first time I've found one and co-incidentally the first time I've seen almost formed pupae at the hive entrance. Two (not major, I know)
Waxy not chalky, looked quite fresh and maybe roughly day 12-14 ish stage development.
Do you think the two things are related? I'm just curious as I've never seen pupae thrown out like that before.