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Healthy Brood

Normal brood expands in concentric circles. Larvae in unsealed cells are plump and the color of mother-of-pearl. Cappings on normal worker brood are slightly arched and uniformly brown.

Photos on this page from: Honey Bee Brood Diseases by Henrik Hansen. There is no better book for field identification of bee diseases than this!

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