In a message dated 18/03/2007 12:54:47 GMT Standard Time,  
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<<I don't know the answer to this question. I've always assumed  they 
were old bees but I noticed a bee on it's back in the snow last  weekend 
when I was up checking stores, it's legs were moving ever so  feebly.>>


    From what I've read here in the UK, some strains  have a tendency to fly 
under snow, get disoriented, and finish up like this.  Others, notably Amm, 
fly very little in winter, and don't succumb. All I can say  from my own 
observations is that the hybrids I used to keep flew a lot on mild  winter days, and 
did come out and die in the snow. The strain I have now is  rarely seen in 
winter, and stays inside under snow. Are there strains in the US  which resist 
this sort of suicide?  

Regards,

Robert Brenchley
Birmingham  UK




   

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