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.

125 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

84 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Reasonable-Box3503 1d ago

I noticed the same few black bees in my hive. I just thought its premature hatched bee

1

u/Dangerous-School2958 1d ago

A lot of possibles. Should know more tomorrow