Hi Al, I’m guessing a 1/2" long & fat. If the grubs are tiny when the food runs out, they turn into tiny beetles, that don’t do too well at reproducing. Therefore if tiny grubs escape to ground, it’s not so bad because they most likely wont be able to reproduce. That’s why I went to pick that hive up when I did because I didn’t want the grubs, that I fully expected to be present, to get too big.
This hive was from a topic I created a couple of years ago, Wax Moth AND SHBs in Abandoned (by the owner) Hive .
The previous owner was flood conscious, therefore the hives were on a very high stand. However he wasn’t good at managing his hives. I couldn’t use the high stand, which is still there & shows a water mark just below the rail that supports the hives. Maybe I could have used it if the colony wasn’t so savage. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Anyway I wont set the hive up there again.