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Chalkbrood

Chalkbrood is a fungal infection. Here the mycelia of Ascophaera apis cause the larva to have a white, mouldy appearance.

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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