Final resting place??

[rjmeyer]

Do bees have a final resting place they go to?
Every couple of days i'm finding a scattering of dead bees, many be 20 or so on the concrete apron smack in the middle of my double garage doors.
This is 10-13 feet away from the hives and around the corner from the hives.
Have not currently seen any on the ground around the hives, but i have it the past.
It is directly under the compact flourescent light on the garage wall.
At first i thought it was my imagination, i'd clean them up and few days later their back.
Any ideas???

[DamSutt1986]

Maybe they're night owls and they're slamming into a light above there until they die?

Edit - I didn't read your whole post. Now that I see there is a light between the doors, like I guessed - That's what I would assume is happening. Watch them some night.

[odfrank]

Turn off the light.

[Aerindel]

Yup, its the light. I had the same thing happening. I put the light on a motion detector so its only on when I need it. It doesn't seem to attract any bees when its only on for a few minutes at time.

[cerezha]

My bees are attracted by fluorescent light also. There is a horrified story on the Interned when bees attacked beekeeper's wife in the forest, when she was using LED flashlight... bees are sensitive to near-UV area of spectrum ; fluorescent and LED emits in this region. Sergey

[rjmeyer]

Thanks, it all makes sense...going to install the motion detector and i'll post the results if my computer allows me..nothing but trouble with it lately....have to make choices..new computer...more bee equipment...guess which one i'm going with..lol

[DamSutt1986]

Set the computer back to factory defaults and pick up another 2 hives for the money you saved!

[Acebird]

I don't see any of my bees around the sodium lights that are on all night long.

[cerezha]

I don't see any of my bees around the sodium lights that are on all night long.

Sodium has a different spectrum, it is closer to IR - sort of opposite to UV. Bees are sensitive to "bluish" light. Sodium light is orange... Sergey

[rjmeyer]

Its confirmed..caught them in the act this morning..its the light...compact flourescent. I have a sodium at rear door with no trouble..gonna change it out and put motion detector.. thanks to all again.