‘The Good’. Some features of healthy bee brood.
Images labelled * Courtesy The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Crown Copyright.
![Queen bee](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Queen.png)
Queen bee
![Queen bee laying](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Queen_laying.png)
Queen laying
![Worker and drone](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Droneworker.png)
Drone (top) and worker
![Eggs](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Eggs.png)
Eggs
![Young larvae](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Young_larvae.png)
Young larvae
![Healthy brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Healthy_brood.png)
Healthy brood
![Drone brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drone_brood3.png)
Drone brood
![Newly emerged worker](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Newly_emerged_worker.png)
Newly emerged worker
![Comb building](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Workers_building_comb.png)
Comb building
![Nectar processing](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Workers_processing_nectar.png)
Nectar processing
![Honey making](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Workers_processing_nectar2.png)
Honey making
![Undertaker bee](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Undertaker_bee.png)
Undertaker bee
![Honey comb](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Honey_comb.png)
Honey comb
![Workers on honey comb](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Workers_processing_honey.png)
Workers on honey comb
![Pollen](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pollen.png)
Pollen *
![Worker comb](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Worker-brood.png)
Worker brood
‘The Bad’. Some features of not-so-healthy bee brood.
![Bald brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bald_brood.png)
Bald brood *
![Chalk brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Chalk_brood.png)
Chalk brood *
![Chalk brood 'mummies' *](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Chalk_brood_mummies.png)
Chalk brood ‘mummies’ *
![Deformed wing virus](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Deformed_wing_virus.png)
Deformed wing virus *
![Drone laying workers](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drone_laying_workers.png)
Drone laying workers
![Evidence of Nosema](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Nosema.png)
Evidence of Nosema
![Queen being 'balled'](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Queen_balling.png)
Queen being ‘balled’
![Queen laying problem](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Queen_laying_problem.png)
Queen laying problem
![Sac brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sac_brood.png)
Sac brood *
![Wax moth](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Wax_moth.png)
Wax moth
![Winter losses](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Winter_loss.png)
Winter losses
![Varroa mite](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Varroa-mite.png)
Varroa mite *
‘The Ugly’. The notifiable pests and diseases.
![American foul brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AFB.png)
American foul brood *
![Matchstick test for AFB](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AFB_matchstick_test.png)
Matchstick test for AFB *
![European foul brood](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/EFB.png)
European foul brood *
![European foul brood scales](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/EFB_scales.png)
European foul brood scales *
![Small hive beetle](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Small_hive_beetle.png)
Small hive beetle *
![Small hive beetle larvae](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SHB_larvae.png)
Small hive beetle larvae *
![Tropilaelaps mite](http://www.eastdevonbk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Tropilaelaps.png)
Tropilaelaps mite *