What would cause drones to be ejected from a hive at this time of year? Over the weekend, one of my hives showed five drones ejected onto the landing board late afternoon. They seemed healthy but were not moving much because air temp was starting to cool (10C_ish). I had inspected briefly the previous week - 5 frames solid worker brood, some drone brood, good pattern, Q laying, plenty space and stores, hive doing well and there were a small number of hatched drones.