On  6 Mar 97 at 22:55, W. C. Uhlman wrote: Larvae at entrance
 
> Need help.  I discovered several white, fully formed larvae at the hive
> entrance of a strong hive with lots of bees and hive otherwise medicated and
> appearing in good shape.  The temperature has been fairly cold--30 to 40
> degrees.  Do I have a problem?  Thanks for any advice.
 
I would suggest they are pulling out chilled brood. Or, sometimes they
will produce drones early, come a cold snap the bees think winters back,
and pull out drone larvae. It they're dead they are not a drain on stores.
Younger larvae not needed or chilled will be re-ingested, but there comes
a stage where the larvae are too old for re-ingestion, so, out they go.
Nothing to worry about!!
 
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