# What am I looking at here?

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486>\
**Category:** Pests and Diseases\
**Tags:** australia\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486 "2020-11-25T03:30:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tomed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tomed](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Tomed)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486/1 "2020-11-25T03:30:46Z")

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Cleaned off the bottom board 8 hours ago. New beekeeper. Nuc only installed 1 week ago

 ![bottom board 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/9/0/90c78faf8dde45a5ecd909d47cdc6ccdee204f3b.jpeg) ![bottomboard2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/f/1/f19a9603971c6c46b6f6cee6b37a405392aa9f71.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486/2 "2020-11-25T04:39:54Z")

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The large bits are chalk brood mummies. I’m not sure what the blackish gritty stuff is. The lighter colored stuff is most likely brood cappings created while young bees emerge.

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**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486/3 "2020-11-25T12:14:04Z")

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The black bits might be mildewed wax. Your hive might need some help with ventilation.

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**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-am-i-looking-at-here/28486/4 "2020-11-25T15:15:47Z")

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I was thinking the black bits were some sort of frass.