# Kicking drones out of new hive (was: Under attack?)

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**Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/kicking-drones-out-of-new-hive-was-under-attack/6324 "2016-04-11T17:21:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![techieg33k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/techieg33k/32/5545_2.png) [@techieg33k](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/techieg33k)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/kicking-drones-out-of-new-hive-was-under-attack/6324/6 "2016-05-22T22:34:45Z")

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I am seeing something the same. I am seeing dead smaller bees be brought out and sometimes the larger (darker) one will even fly off with them, but usually just leave them on the ground.  
I just installed my NUC yesterday and so far today there are maybe a dozen on the ground that I’d say just died.

Here is a video I took of one of the times I watched a bigger bee haul a smaller one out from inside of the hive. This time the small dead one was left, but twice before I saw them flown out of my sight. Thoughts?

[In my own post about my install I showed some videos of the bees seeming happy and busy along with them fighting off a wasp (over and over until I was able to kill the wasp myself).](http://forum.honeyflow.com/t/nuc-installed-and-bees-seem-happy/7101)

P.S. I did see around a 6-8 (maybe a dozen) drones in my hive when I installed the NUC yesterday.

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