Kicking out the drones in a new hive

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Nel

Discussion Starter · #1 · May 21, 2014

Hi I'm a new beekeeper. I bought a small nuc of 3 frames from my mentor. My hive is 9 days old. I added a fourth frame of ready to hatch brood on day 5 from my mentor. I am feeding 1:1 and a partial pollen patty.

I noticed today the drones being removed from the hive. There are three dead ones in front of the hive. I thought this happened in the fall or when there wasn't enough food? I am adding 1:1 as needed. I am planning to do a full inspection this Saturday but wanted to give the queen time to settle in.

Thanks in advance for your help. Nel

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madams8220

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#9 · May 21, 2014

I am also new to beekeeping. I installed a package a few weeks ago and noticed them forcing drones out in the beginning. But I lost my queen and now there are 20 done cells and 2 queen cells. But before I noticed the done and queen cells they started leaving the drones alone.