young bees ejected

[Torq]

This morning in front of 2 of my hives I noticed a few dead bees. On inspection they are all young, some with their tongues out (newly emerged, or died before fully emerging) and the others have dvw (yea, there's varroa in there)

I'm guessing it's all part of an autumn clean out and it ties in with what I saw during an inspection last week where I saw a worker bee, dragging an almost developed bee (it was capable of movement) out of the hive and flying off with it.

T

 

[beeno]

Jep, they take no prisoners or very few anyway.

 

[For want of a better word]

Get the Autumn varroa treatment underway asap !

Yeghes da

 

[Arfermo]

Get the Autumn varroa treatment underway asap !

Yeghes da

Better late than never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pargyle]

DWV Present ? Even I would suggest that a treatment for varroa is required as soon as is practical or sooner if possible. No brainer.

 

[Torq]

I'm well aware of the presence of varroa and have taken steps against it.

The reason behind my post was to see if anyone else had noticed point of emergence worker bees being ejected for any reason, varroa or other wise.

 

[Quis Custodiet]

I'm well aware of the presence of varroa and have taken steps against it.

The reason behind my post was to see if anyone else had noticed point of emergence worker bees being ejected for any reason, varroa or other wise.

Could there be a food shortage?

 

[Torq]

Could there be a food shortage?

Far from it! Both hives have at least 2 brood frames of capped stores, not to mention the stores around the brood.

 

[bontbee]

One of my colonies started pulling pupae out of the hive: I removed the ApiGuard, as per the "instructions" in the FAQ....

It's worth noting that these instructions say you should leave the entrance fully open and the floor closed. As I have the entrances reduced -wasps/robbing etc - I have left the varroa inserts slightly "open" instead.