gill68
New Bee
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2009
- Messages
- 54
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- Location
- north cornwall
- Hive Type
- Commercial
- Number of Hives
- 8
Hi everyone,
I have enjoyed having a nose at all the wonderful info on here.
Having opened up a hive that is building up nicely, I noticed that there were quite a few dead bees outside the front of the hive. On closer inspection, most of them seem to be drones. There were quite a few large larvae aswell in the same place. Most of the developed bees looked very pale and fluffy.
My question is, do the colony oust an amount of drones and kill drone brood if they feel under threat? The weather has changed dramatically so I wondered whether this would account for this?
Has anyone experienced this?
Thanks
Gill
I have enjoyed having a nose at all the wonderful info on here.
Having opened up a hive that is building up nicely, I noticed that there were quite a few dead bees outside the front of the hive. On closer inspection, most of them seem to be drones. There were quite a few large larvae aswell in the same place. Most of the developed bees looked very pale and fluffy.
My question is, do the colony oust an amount of drones and kill drone brood if they feel under threat? The weather has changed dramatically so I wondered whether this would account for this?
Has anyone experienced this?
Thanks
Gill