Dead bees in winter

[markmp]

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!

[GSF]

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.

[Michael Bush]

>Is this normal or is it possibly a sign of starvation.

Normal