Gallery

Bee bread
Bee bread; photo by Robert Snyder

Bee bread
Cells of bee bread at top of frame among mixed open and capped brood; photo by Robert Snyder

Bee bread
Bee Bread; photo by Robert Snyder

Bee bread
Bee bread (note color variation); photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Bee dancing
Dancing bee with pollen; photo by Chritoph Gruter

Bee dancing
Bee waggle dance; illustration by Jon Zawislak

Bee louse
Queen bee with 29 bee lice; photo by I. Barton Smith, USDA

Bee louse
Braula on queen bee; photo by Andrew Abrahams

Bee louse
Adult bee louse, a wingless fly; photo by University of Florida

Bee louse
Tunnels from bee lice maggots in capped honey; photo by I. Barton Smith, USDA

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Burr comb on top bars revealed when box above it removed. White is drone brood that will be cleaned up and thrown out when colony is closed; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Burr comb on top bars enable bees to access box above; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Cross comb in hive box lacking enough frames; photo by James E. Tew

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Parallel bee comb illustrating bee space built in box; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Bees building cross comb in box lacking some frames; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Proper bee spacing of comb frames; photo by Robert Snyder

Beeswax comb outside of frame
Bee space with frame (second from left) left out by mistake; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Black queen cell virus
BQCV; photo by Robert Snyder

Cannibalism of brood
Spotty brood pattern due to bees removing developing pupae in cells where mites are reproducing; photo by Ana Heck

Cannibalism of brood
Cannibalized brood in deadout; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Cannibalism of brood
Spotty pattern. Bees opening pupal cells where mites occur to halt mite reproduction; photo by Meghan Milbrath

Cannibalism of brood
Cannibalism exhibited by hygienic bees uncapping and removing worker pupae; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood mummies on ground; photo by Robert Snyder

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood; photo by Robert Snyder

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood; photo by Robert Snyder

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood mummies on landing board; photo by Robert Snyder

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood mummies on landing board and on the ground in front of colony; photo by Robert Snyder

Chalkbrood
Chalkbrood mummies on landing board; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Chewed hole in queen cell
Chewed hole in side of queen cell; photo by Lawrence John Connor

Chewed hole in queen cell
Plastic cups for rearing queen cells chewed on side to halt further development; note developing pupae nearly ready to emerge inside left and center cells; photo by Robert Snyder

Chewed hole in queen cell

Queen cell protector cage; photo by JZBZ

Chewed hole in queen cell
Successful queen emergence shown via the tip of the cell; photo by Dan Borkoski