i have a pest control guy who refers all of his honey bee calls to me. I got a call this morning from a woman who has a hive about 30' up in a tree. that's not an issue. her question is why is she finding dead bees on her front porch every day. there's nothing there to attract them but at night they leave a porch light on. the hive is about 75' from the light. the light is the only thing I can think of given the circumstances. I've not heard any reports of zombie bees in this area. any ideas out there//
75' really isnt that far.. I put a frame of honey on my front porch...probably bout 200' from the hive....didnt wanna start a feeding frenzy..well I did...just around the frames tho....not at the hives. Anyway...they were there all night eating and when I got up all around my front porch light was a couple dozen dead bees. Figured they kept buzzing the light and died.
If I leave on any outside lights facing the hives, I will get bees buzzing them at night - they will even do this at a window of a room where a light fixture is visible.
I too have dead bees under back porch light... Just assumed they got confused after sunset since they navigate by the sun?