# What Have I Here?

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665>\
**Category:** Pests and Diseases\
**Created:** [December 23, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665 "2017-12-23T07:15:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![GregoryB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GregoryB](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/GregoryB)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/1 "2017-12-23T07:15:02Z")

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I have found these black lumps in the tray the past few days. I was terrified they were mice droppings but there is no other evidence of rodents. Then thought they could be wax moth droppings but they seem to be way too big for that. They have some shapes which make them look like blackened larvae, and seem to only be falling from one frame. Any advice much appreciated.

 ![IMG_0974](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/c2c6fca385136a5ffb34a3c5c969ff54084a0b17.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Davec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/davec/32/7837_2.png) [@Davec](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Davec)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/2 "2017-12-23T07:52:14Z")

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Chalkbrood mummies, use search icon to find a lot of threads on this problem and the solutions.

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**Author:** ![GregoryB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@GregoryB](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/GregoryB)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/3 "2017-12-23T09:53:50Z")

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Thanks very much. Appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Gerald\_Nickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/gerald_nickel/32/1910_2.png) [@Gerald\_Nickel](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Gerald_Nickel)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/4 "2017-12-24T05:58:56Z")

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Gregory,

Your brood get chilled ?! Something caused that brood to chauk … have you checked your brood upstairs … and everything okay there ?

Clean off the slider n check again in a day or so …

Cheers,  
Gerald

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**Author:** ![Thierry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Thierry](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Thierry)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/5 "2018-01-13T00:26:38Z")

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Hi, can someone please help identify what I am finding on the bottom board? My concern is the brown bits. Thanks.

 ![bugs on tray](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/5/5f8bab8e84f613af1c8d3c74c0afc2cf76112d87.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Dan2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dan2/32/10463_2.png) [@Dan2](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dan2)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/6 "2018-01-13T00:42:33Z")

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They look like parts of dead bees to me.

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**Author:** ![Thierry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Thierry](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Thierry)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/what-have-i-here/13665/7 "2018-01-14T21:35:55Z")

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Thanks Dan, I thought that it was the case. What you find on the bottom board is not always a pest.