pupae on landing board

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This afternoon, I went out to check my hives hadn't been blown / washed away by this delightful weather.
All was ok and no bees were flying ... but on the landing board were around 7 small dead bees that weren't there this morning and 1 white pupa.
I presume the bodies are the result of bees tidying up as the weather was so awful but I am interested as to why there would be a pupa too ?
Any ideas please ?
 
I had the same after doing an AS, I concluded it was chilled brood due to the reduced number of bees
 
check there not starving!
 
agree, i managed to inspect a cfew yesterday..very little stores and lots on newly emerged bees ( 3 weeks from the hot spell /) and nothing coming in, so could be expelling drone larva or /and diseased bees
 
I managed a quick inspection on Friday - there were plenty of stores and space for Q to lay, no sign of Q cells .... - so maybe just an oddity ! Thanks for the replies though !
 

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