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Re: street light effect on bees?
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Leland Hubbell <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Jul 2003 11:30:24 -0400
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Mark Hubbard wrote:
> I just realized that there could be an effect of a nearby street light on one of my colonies.
IS there any effect of the street light on bee behavior??

      I lost a swarm once, because of  the mercury vapor light on
the pole overhead. When it bacme dark, and the light came on, all
the bees went up into the light. They were directly under it, and
not established yet.
Leland Hubbell

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