Gallery

Virgin queen
Virgin queen that just emerged from a queen cell; photo by Dan Borkoski

Virgin queen
New virign queen; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Virgin queen
A virgin queen; photo by Lawrence John Connor

Virgin queen
A small virgin queen; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

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

Virgin queen
Queen lacking retinue could signify a virgin or failing queen; photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Viruses
Bees with virus; photo courtesy of The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Crown Copyright, UK

Viruses
Bees with a virus infection; photo by Penn State University

Viruses
Worker bee exhibiting DWV and with two varroa mites on thorax; photo by The BeeMD collection

Wax capping comb cells
Bees actively capping honey-filled cells; photo by Don Hankins, Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Wax capping comb cells
Capped frame of honey; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Wax capping comb cells
Two combs, one with capped worker brood (left) and one with capped drone brood (right); photo by Robyn Underwood

Wax moth

Wax moth adult; photo by: Rob Snyder

Wax moth
Wax moth adult; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Wax moth
Wax moth adult and caterpillar in silken tunnel frass; note black fecal pellets; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Wax moth
Wax moth caterpillars in silken tunnel frass with black fecal pellets; photo by Robert Snyder

Wax moth
Wax moth caterpillars on frame; photo by Charles Vanden Heuvel

Wax moth
Pupae of wax moth along top bar; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Wax moth
Wax moth frass on bee pupa; photo by Mark Gingrich

Wax moth
Bald brood; likely wax moth below cappings resulting in uncapping of brood by workers seeking to locate the caterpillar; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Wax moth
Bald brood: wax moth caterpillar burrowing beneath worker cell cappings; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Wax moth
Boat-shaped indentations in top bar from presence of wax moth pupae; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Wax moth
Box completely taken over and comb destroyed by wax moth; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Wax moth
Adult wax moth and silken tunnel of caterpillar; photo by Robyn Underwood

Yellowjackets
Yellowjacket feeding on an apple; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Yellowjackets
Aerial yellowjackets working on their nest envelope; photo by Dewey M. Caron

Yellowjackets
Yellowjacket; photo by Johney Dell, bugwood.com

Yellowjackets
Yellowjacket feeding on a dead bee; photo by Robert Snyder

Yellowjackets
Yellowjacket stealing honey; photo by The BeeMD photo collection

Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets robbing at external Boardman feeder; photo by Dewey M. Caron