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Re: Apocephales borealis
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"E.t. Ash" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Nov 2017 06:09:46 -0400
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a Robert MacKimmie snip followed by > my question... 
Your bees flying around porch lights, or bumping windows at night because of interior light, indicates ZomBee parasitism

>Really? You do not possible think this has more to do with the kind of light (interior or exterior) in the fixture than whether you do or do not have a parasitic fly in your area?

>At least for myself I have witness bees in poorly positioned hives attracted to various lights (florescent seems to be a significant attractant) long long before I ever heard of zombee flies.

Gene in Central Texas

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