Last fall, after the honey flow and in a time of relative dirth I
happened upon something I have not seen before.
 
The colony appeared fine but patches of brood had been uncealed and the
appearance of the pupae was that the upper portion (head and part of
thorax) had been chewed off.  As I remember, the age of the larvae must
have been around 15 - 18 days.
 
One suggestion was that there was a shortage of protein and when I
checked a few days later I was able to find very little pollen in the
hive.
 
Any other ideas?
 
Bye the way, this situation was not found in any other colonies in this yard.
 
Eric Abell
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