Why are my bees dragging out pupa out of the hive?
Sep 12, 2014 · Paul McCarty. 1350 posts · Joined 2011. #8 · Sep 12, 2014. Sometimes if it gets cold the brood around the edges die from not having enough bees to keep them warm. This could also be the case, or it could be a dearth, and they are dragging out the brood they do not want to raise to balance with the incoming food supply. Could be many things.
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Oct 5, 2004 · The open pupae or uncapped adult bee can be a symptom of several things. It can be viral in nature caused by the mites. It can also be wax moth worms tunneling under the brood. If you tap the frame a few times, sometimes this makes the worms surface. The headless ones are the ones the bees are trying to discard.
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Aug 18, 2006 · sierrabees. 1021 posts · Joined 2006. #10 · Aug 21, 2006. With a zero drop in twelve hours, you could put a new paper under the SSB, powder sugar the hive, collect the entire mess in a few hours and do another count. I usually dump all the debris in a container and disolve the sugar with water.
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Jun 1, 2015 · P. Pnutbrand. 30 posts · Joined 2015. #6 · Jun 1, 2015. Another explanation for the pupae could be damage caused by the beekeeper. If you bees are like mine and make burr comb on the bottom of frames that is typically damaged when removing or replacing the frame and larvae or pupae is exposed.
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Sep 19, 2004 · We took the supers off, started disease treatment, they are still moving dead bees and pupa out of the hive but still some healthy bees in that one. Hive #3: No bees laying on inner cover where we had the bee escape, all of the honey not eaten, but hundreds of dead bees laying in front of the hive on the ground...this hive seems healthier/more ...
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Oct 10, 2008 · Sort by. Oldest first. A. AR Beekeeper. 3006 posts · Joined 2008. #2 · Oct 11, 2008. Worker pupae in sealed cells that have varroa mites reproducing in them are often uncapped and removed by hygienic workers. They uncap the pupae after the heads have formed and the eyes are in the white or purple stage. They chew the pupa out starting at the ...
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Aug 10, 2014 · 61 posts · Joined 2014. #7 · Aug 11, 2014. Thanks for the replies. The hive has been treated for mites and no sign of SHB. They have put in a lot of honey and may be making room or cleaning up until they get a queen. My thoughts were along the lines of everyones replies. There's not alot of pupae taken out but enough to notice.
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34 posts · Joined 2015. #1 · May 3, 2015. They seem to be removing a lot of dead pupa from the hive. When I opened the hive the main noteworthy observation was the top hive feeder had a particularly large amount of dead bees, hive beetles, and of course the sugar water had gone sour (It was about 5 days old). Queen still laying eggs.
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Aug 14, 2014 · Most beekeepers never see chewing out of pupa because they treat for mites. I think it's safe to say that nearly all bees will do this if treatment is withheld, especially this time of year as the bees deal with the highest mite loads and prepare for winter. It's nothing special.
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Jul 28, 2022 · Pupa are the later stage of development and are in the capped cells, so if you see capped brood, that's pupa. If you're concerned about your queen (I'm assuming you are looking for evidence that you are not queenless) you should be …