Illo
House Bee
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2011
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- Location
- Cheshire
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 20
Last weekend our inspection revealed 8 queen cells, all with grubs and ready to go. We did an artificial swarm, and all seemed well. However a snoop round the bottom of the hives tonight (four days later) reveals a good number of dead adult drones and perhaps a dozen almost-mature drone larvae that have been taken from their cells mid metamorphosis and evicted from the hive which contains the developing new queen and (mainly) Non-flying bees. I'm 95% sure none of these larvae are developing queens from torn down queen cells: the eyes are characteristically drone. We have had lots of drones for at least three or four weeks now, but not an abnormal number, just a build up for spring.
Has anyone seen anything like this before, or may be a le to offer a clue as to what is going on?
Any answers or thoughts would be welcome!
LJ
Has anyone seen anything like this before, or may be a le to offer a clue as to what is going on?
Any answers or thoughts would be welcome!
LJ