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