cordovan drone eviction

[B. Haning]

I noticed lots of dead, yellow drones in front of the cordovan hives I have while the russian and purvis brothers colonies have no dead drones. Is this a trait of cordovan bees to remove drones early? Seems early for north Texas.
Ben

[Scrapfe]

I noticed lots of dead, yellow drones in front of the cordovan hives I have while the russian and purvis brothers colonies have no dead drones. Is this a trait of cordovan bees to remove drones early? Seems early for north Texas.
Ben

Naw, those just Italian Casanova bees got caught with their shoes under the wrong bed.

[Joseph Clemens]

Most seasons here in Tucson, drones aren't even evicted as they are in colder climates, they just stop raising them and the old ones die-off. Their are usually a few drones hanging on until about February, and some colonies start raising them again in late February or early March. Most of my colonies are Cordovan Italian, though a few are not. I have not noticed an obvious difference in behavior towards drones.