Lets coolly analyse the start of this.
Post #2 A guess it is pollen from Huntsman
More discussion until post#14 whem MM made a sensible suggestion that it could be signs of nosema.
Post 16 - the contentious one
Not this, not that, and (by inference) not nosema, cos bees never (I will change the wording this time) defaecate inside the hive, back to tunnelling bees and pollen.
I chipped in at post #19.
I simply explained that it could well be bee poo if there were a nosema problem. This simply reinforced the need for some urgent action, if indeed this turned out to be true.
I did not say it was, but I did point out the pertinent facts (which had been so clearly obscured in post #16, where any possibility of the problem being nosema was effectively pooh-poohed).
There have been other threads, lately, where hives have been splattered on the outside per eg. This is not usually a problem associated with this part of the season, but would need definite treatment for the colony to survive the winter, if this were to be the case here. A check for nosema should by now have been carried out, instead of this prattle from untsman.
He could have said 'you are right', but no, it is suddenly someone attacking him personally, not what he wrote (which was the actual facts of the matter), which was clearly wrong.
I would hope it is not nosema causing some splattering inside the hive, but this was a possibility, and needed checking - the OP would not want a winter dead-out. A simple check at this time could well save the colony if this were the reason for the unknown 'splodges'. Deidely stupid to ignore the possibility, if the spashes or whatever remain unidentified.
Giving out rubbish information seems to be a favourite of this person, who complains that he is being 'nit-picked' and that everybody would understand what he meant (ie bees can defaecate in the hive - and if they do it can be a serious disease infection). Everyone needs to know that whatever he posts he means something different. Great!
Unfortunately, not true. New beeks will be misled, misinformed and led astray. Colonies may die because of this misinformation.
Unfortunately his ego seems to have been bent, he has been shown as contemptuous of the correct information being supplied, as a correction to his own misguiding 'advice' (post #16).
When his glaring errors are highlighted, he reverts to his claim of being bullied, nit-picked, attacked, etc. I don't think I have called him any names, only responded to his threats (veiled, or otherwise)
Look at post#20 : We were cosidering normal venting as a possible answer.
I certainly was not. I was considering a possible serious problem for the OP, I could not care a jot about those who were not considering the possible outcomes - likethe potential death of the colony.
I would hope that it is in fact 'moulded' pollen cleaned from the frame, but if the possibility of a serious infection is going to bee discounted, then I will post. I posted my reasoning and clearly stated the risks if it were, and that it is unusual at this time of the year. I think I was was clear and complete in my warning, short of instructing the OP to get them tested.
Now, several pages later, we still have this particular poster arguing that bees never defaecate inside the hive. Amazing. About time he shut up, is my thought on the matter. I was always told that 'when in a hole, to stop digging'.
I had not even considered the queen a pupal remains after emergence. Of course, these would be further infecting the colony, if it were nosemic.
