Dead newborn what's the possible cause?

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aussies1129

Discussion Starter · Jun 9, 2014

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Some dead newborn bees there's a good amount being pulled out the queen is a 3 yrs old weather has been unusual of late very wet what causes this?

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Mr.Beeman

· #2 · Jun 9, 2014

Look like drone pupae. Is there an unusually high number of capped drone cells in the hive?

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aussies1129

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jun 9, 2014

Could be possible last time I looked about 2 months back there were a few frames that had all drone eggs at the bottom of the frames.
Is it common for this to happen to drones??

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Mr.Beeman

· #4 · Jun 9, 2014

The bees have to make room somehow and if there are too many drones... well, this happens. Your last inspection was two months ago?

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aussies1129

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 9, 2014

Yep I did a split on this box about 2 months ago I did notice a lot of drone cells on the bottom of the frames back then I did a super check the other week all looked ok thanks for the advice!

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