🐝 Weekly Hive Inspection
Yesterday we examined the school’s beehives—checking queen cells, assessing the health of the colonies, and gaining fascinating insights. The linden trees and raspberry bushes have just begun to bloom, and bees and bumblebees are busy collecting nectar and pollen.
In some of the combs, we noticed reddish-brown, jelly-like deposits. To ensure everything is in order, we are now specifically checking for varroosis, foulbrood, nosemosis and mold or fermented feed residues.
It’s possible these deposits are simply bee bread (stored pollen mixed with honey), propolis (resin collected from plants), or pollen paste, but we want to be certain.
Until we have more information, we will continue to monitor the hives closely.
Close-up of a honeycomb frame during inspection: reddish-brown, jelly-like deposits under observation. Potential causes include bee bread, propolis, or signs of disease—further analysis pending.
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in reply to Biene • • •Thanks for the tip! We don’t actually have any heather here, but perhaps our bees have developed a taste for some exotic blooms in the neighbourhood —we’ll put on our detective hats and investigate 🙂
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