>Thus I have always assumed they stopped short of the hive entrance for a breather and subsequently cooled to a temperature that precluded flight- but I could be wrong.
I think they ran out of fuel in the tank. They use it for flying. They use it to make pollen. The moment it cools down. This means that the nectar of flowers does not give nectar. And because of the cold, they have a higher consumption per hundred miles. And they just run out of fuel in front of the house and fly on the steam in the tank. They fly and land. But they don't have the energy to move because of the cold. Simply put, energy is created in the bee's body in the heat. It is not, is cold weather.
Gustav Palan
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