Those are worker honey bees in their pupal stage! Usually they should be sealed in under a brown “cap” at this stage. These have been opened up either by the adult workers since they found disease, or by the beekeeper to take this pic. Unfortunately these will all die, but it’s a very cool pic!
Source, I have a PhD in honey bee ecology and have been beekeeping for 8 years!
Angry-Eater on
Chibi bees 🥺
clisr on
They look like baby Pokemon
Whiskey-Blossom on
They actually have a :3 face. How cute!
DijajMaqliun on
Kakuna
Inigo-Montoya4Life on
baby aliens
mmuffley on
Quatermass and the Pit vibes.
Puzzleheaded-Ball-35 on
Nest or hive ?
Pjonesnm on
They look like the have anime pouty faces
MoonlitMystery7 on
They’ve got that “cute but mysterious” vibe. Love seeing these early stages of bee life.
Pinky_Vanilla on
They are so cute! They look like little cartoon characters!
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Those are worker honey bees in their pupal stage! Usually they should be sealed in under a brown “cap” at this stage. These have been opened up either by the adult workers since they found disease, or by the beekeeper to take this pic. Unfortunately these will all die, but it’s a very cool pic!
Source, I have a PhD in honey bee ecology and have been beekeeping for 8 years!
Chibi bees 🥺
They look like baby Pokemon
They actually have a :3 face. How cute!
Kakuna
baby aliens
Quatermass and the Pit vibes.
Nest or hive ?
They look like the have anime pouty faces
They’ve got that “cute but mysterious” vibe. Love seeing these early stages of bee life.
They are so cute! They look like little cartoon characters!
I feel they should be called babees.