Yes, I received the post.  Did not reply because I have no explanation for
this peculiar behaviour.  Am "lurking" to see what develops !!!
 
        Eunice
 
                 "From The Cradle of Confederation"
 
 
>I sent out a post the other day, but no replies, so maybe it got lost...
>
>Reiterating, I had a colony in town which was doing fine through September,
>when the bees began to crash into the house windows at night, about 40 feet
>from the hive.  They seemed to be going for the incandescent light, and
>would buzz around the windows on the south side of the house (the side
>closest to the hive) from twilight into the hours of midnight and beyond.
>In the morning, there were piles of +- 100 dead bees below each window.
>
>This went on for +- 10 days, and by that time, the colony was on a serious
>decline to the point of failure by November.
>
>First, has anyone gotten this post, and second, has anyone seen behavior
>like this?  What might have been the cause?
>
>Mike Wolf
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