Hi: We are writing this up for publication - but in the meantime this might be of interest. We just completed a series of tests concerning the fate of bees that fall off trucks while being transported. The results clearly indicate that: The bees immediately start to search for home These bees located and moved into colonies in a nearby apiary The "lost" bees selected specific colonies in the beeyard The marked and released bees found the beeyard in ten minutes from 250 yards, about 1 1/2 hrs from 750 yards. Bottom line, bees dropped off a truck in an area totally new to them don't just sit around. They go out, find, and move into other colonies. Cheers Jerry Bromenshenk The University of Montana-Missoula Melissa Webber Matt Loeser Quin Carver [log in to unmask] http://grizzly.umt.edu/biology/bees