dead bee

Found these "pellets" among the usual dead bees near my rooftop hive...cause? . They look like something chewed up dead bees and regurgitated out pellets full of broken exoskeleton? Can anyone tell me what's going on here? I've seen jays fly in to eat dead bees, but they don't stick around. I...

Hi This morning i saw a dead white 'bee' in front of the hive - it almost looks like a shed exoskeleton? I am worried it could be a disease. All the google searches i have tried come up with chalkbrood, but this bee looks older and less 'chalky' than the photos of chalkbrood larvae i see. Any...

Hi all, I work at a publication and we're looking to do a piece on various honey bees. My editor wants me to find dead specimens of all available stocks, which seem to include Italian, German, Carniolan, Buckfast, Caucasian, and Russian; as well as Minnesota Hygienic, Cordovan, Midnight, and...