Bees carrying live larva or pupa out of hive and let them die ,Why ?
I would venture to guess mites. Sounds like hygenic bees to me.
My guess is that they are drone larva, and its the end of the road for them. not sure about your area but mine is dumping them now. slowly but determinedly. There work is done. Drones are pretty uselelss to the bees come fall. no breeding and they do like to eat. so out they go. no work no eat. LOL
Are you doing mite treatments? Sometimes that will trigger the described behaviour.
I have seen mine doing it with the drones too....
Quote from: Joelel on September 11, 2009, 03:04:23 PM
Bees carrying live larva or pupa out of hive and let them die ,Why ?
Whatever the reason, its a good sign for the most part when they clean house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9ZXh0Fuwk&feature=related
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NICE Pics JP. Them girls were busy in that floor cut out. How long did you have to set the hive box in that room to get them to regroup ?
Quote from: Sparky on September 11, 2009, 10:10:55 PM
NICE Pics JP. Them girls were busy in that floor cut out. How long did you have to set the hive box in that room to get them to regroup ?
Would you mind asking this in the thread it came from? Don't want to highjack this thread and honestly, I'm not quite sure which pics you are referring to. Thanks Sparky.
...JP
JP The pics http://picasaweb.google.com/pyxicephalus beside your quotes.