Trevor wrote:
> dead bees are not visible in front of the hive and it is
> not often that you see bees carrying away a lot of dead bees.  I would
> suggest they die in the field.

A piece of info I have in my head which I cannot give a source and frankly
am not sure if it is true or not, but I'll spill it anyway, is, "the most
common
cause of death in honeybees is starvation, due to the fact that they
literally
fly their little wings off until they're (the wings) are worn and tattered
to
the point that they will not support flight.  Unable to fly anymore, the
bees
fall to the ground and subsequently starve."

Again, I do not know where I picked this up and am not even sure it's true,
but it's a factoid embedded in my (simple?) brain.  So, is this fact or
brain fart?  Anyone?

Aaron Morris - wondering about this one.