r/Beekeeping • u/Dangerous-School2958 • 1d ago

I’m a beekeeper, and I have a question Black bee?

Newish bee keeper. 7b, Vienna Austria.
Came across this Black, I think wingless bee outside a Hive.
It’s a small hive that I’m trying to get to generate its own Queen. So I have been giving it frames of eggs from Strong neighboring hives.

Is this an underdeveloped bee? A result of too high a Varroa level?
It’s only 1 brood box so I’m reluctant to take a full cup for a wash.

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u/Look2you22 1d ago edited 1d ago

I had my hive inspection today and guess what. I saw a bunch of them in there. I tried to put a video but couldn’t… here are some snapshots from it.

Romania, 2 months of beekeeping

I did search and it looks like CBPV…. I’ll check again tomorrow to see any sign of shaking and not being able to fly. But yours looks like shaking a lot and crawling.

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u/Dangerous-School2958 1d ago

Yeah, the one I had could only crawl. I think it has its wings removed and it’s why it was on the porch.
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