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I have a strange bee kill that seems to be affecting mostly young bees. I
suspect it to be heat related. Is this likely? I have the bees in a
direct sun location with no grass under them (red clay). The daytime,
outside the hive, temperature has been above 95 degrees almost every day for
approximately a month. Last week the temperature, outside the hive soared
to 100+ on at least one occasion.
I have the hives well ventilated. I suspect this may be adding to my
problem as the bees can not adequately drop the temperature of circulating
100 + degree air.
Today, I collected fresh killed or dying bees, and will submit them to a lab
for analysis. I will advise results. I have seen extremely good problem
solving results on this list thus the reason for the inquiry.
Bob Fanning
Huntsville, Al
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