are a bit 'nervous about a disease that struck one of my families, the weaker.
brood irregular perforation the capsules, but is more pronounced all three bags blacks at the bottom of other cells.
perforated capsules (green and blue) and mummified larva (red) |
the larva dries rails becoming blackish mummified easily removed from the cell (alberto countess, bees). fixed on the blackish , I was convinced it was a lot of brood.
then, the friends of beekeeping forums led me on the road to brood calcified or at least on a fungus. I had thought as the mummies of the larvae should look white with a black dot (not black like the ones I have found myself), but I have them, rightly pointed out the fruiting bodies on the bags / larva. better reading, always on the Countess may be gray or black spots visible are the fruiting bodies of the fungus. In fact, mummies can take turns gray or black if the larva has been infected by the fungus sexes.
bingo!
larva covered by the fruiting bodies of the fungus |
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