For some reason the bees in my observation hive are dumping live brood. At first I thought the queen was bad because the brood pattern was very spotty though out the year and I saw dead pupa on the landing board a few times. My uncle said it could just be chilled brood so I put them in an observation hive in the fall sine they didn't have very many bees or drawn frames. At first they didn't raise any brood until about 3-4 weeks ago and when they did it looked just spotted as before. Not long after they started to cap the larva I started noticing discarded pupa on the bottom of the hive, all white at first then progressively older. The oldest I have seen were almost ready to emerge and still alive but they were still somewhat pale with whiter legs and proboscis.
This is our first year keeping bees. We have read a few books but have not seen anything on this subject aside from a lack of stores that might cause this problem. I have a feeder on the hive and they have capped and open stores so that can't be the cause. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
This is our first year keeping bees. We have read a few books but have not seen anything on this subject aside from a lack of stores that might cause this problem. I have a feeder on the hive and they have capped and open stores so that can't be the cause. Does anyone know what the problem could be?