Ted Fischer responded:
> Don't worry about dead bees on the bottom board.  Be sure the bees have
> an upper entrance, above dead bee accumulation and snow.  There is
> always time for bottom board cleaning in the spring.
 
Thanks Ted. I don't worry about dead bees per se, I naturally expect
them. In this instance, as I stated it was a *bigger pile of corpses*
then I had been used to seeing, hence my concern.
 
Al
 
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