I have two hives and I am seeing a few dead bees outside the hive every day. I even see the odd bee fly out from the hive even when it is -5C (~20 F), but sunny. We have been as cold as -30C so far this winter but only for a couple days at a time. I would say half of the dead bees have their tongues sticking out. Is this normal or is it possibly a sign of starvation.
Thanks!
Mark, I can answer your question in part. We've just come out of a pretty hard cold snap in the last few days. For about a week or so the bees have been clustered, now that it's warmer they've broke cluster and are doing house cleaning. Hence the dead bees out in front of my hive.
>Is this normal or is it possibly a sign of starvation.
Normal