quite a few pupa, dead?

[rookie2531]

I inspected my original hive today and in my top medium found capped brood of different shades and all over was uncapped pupa. Now it wasn't crazy alot but like 20 or so.They were a pale white and the eyes were like skinny lines. They were not moving and the were like in deep like they never were close enough to eat thru the cappings themselves. What would cause this, chilled at some point or purposely opened? I also saw a bunch of drone cells, to small for queen but definitely popping out enough, not to be workers.

[chux]

This could be hygenic behavior. The pupa may have chilled, and the bees are uncapping them in prep to remove. Or....thebees could have uncapped them because they had varroa. I have the uncapping issue in some of my feral stock. A commercial master beek told me it is a good thing to see most of the time. The bees are cleaning house themselves.

[Better.to.Bee.than.not]

ya, they do things like this for a number of reasons I think. I have noticed the behavior a few times, as if they have to many of one age group, or one type of worker or etc. they will start culling or removing their pupae. you'll see them dragging them out and dumping them outside the hive shortly surely.