Hi,
 
 
What you describe is absolutely normal. All have in correct conditions will
puch out drones at the end of the summer.
 
They don't need them anymore... and in the springs, when new kween are
supposed to be produiced, they will start to produice new drones.
 
Don't forget drones are the result of unfertilised eggs... that the qween
canproduice then any time needed.
 
So as soon as the bees will have the feeling summer is over and qween is
OK, they will puch the drones out.
 
Bernard.     Brussels in Belgium.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 At 16:58 05-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
>Speaking of learning curves, I am a new bee hobbiest.  I have obtained two
>hives, full, with extracted supers set back on top.  The first one seemed to
>do just fine, the second seems awful active.  I noticed the drones were
>being put out quite regularly.  Then I would see them fly back in..... if
>they could get off the grass.  I did notice the workers were trying their
>best to damage the drones wings.....   I suspect they have the notion that
>they do not have enough stores to keep the drones through the winter and are
>trying to be rid of them......  Question, as a hobbiest, and not really
>wanting to see all that turmoil, should I feed the hive with a top feeder or
>bag feeder to see if that settles them down?  Or should I not worry about
>it?   I did notice the first hive, was throwing off a "not completely" ready
>bee of some sort.  Fully developed, but still very imature.... do I have
>another problem in that hive also?  Thanks......
>Carl
>Portsmouth, VA.
>
>
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