We have a hive in town on top of our porch roof. Since it swarmed twice this summer it has been a weak hive as a result with not many bees in the hive. We noticed this past week that the bees have been cleaning dead larvae out of their hive and we think that there weren't enough bees in the hive to keep the larvae warm during the recent cold weather. Perhaps that was what caused the larvae to die and subsequently the bees have been getting rid of the dead larvae.
It was interesting to see how far developed the larvae already were. Hopefully the queen will lay some more eggs and that there will be enough bees this time to keep the hive warm and that the weather cooperates.
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