At 11:28 PM 9/28/96 -0400, you wrote: >This morning I left home quickly and failed to close my bee shop door. On >return I found 1,000's of bees gorging themselves on my empptied super , work >dishes etc that were honey laden.I thought they would go home when darkness >fell. I find thsat they are clumping together in small bands, with heaps >below the glass window while they haad not far to go to pass through the >still open door. Many are hanging on the floursescent tubes, extinguished. It >will be cold tonight and I fear than many will die. >I plan to move them into a container tomorrow and take to my apiary.Closing >the door to be sure! I am going to put a little heat on to keep them alive >until dawn. > >Anyone have good suggestions for saving them please respond quickly > Modify a shop-vac or other vacuum device to suck up the bees. Make sure the inside is screened so bees are not harmed. Then take them to a bee yard. Sincerely, Jim Amrine Division of Plant & Soil Sciences P. O. Box 6108, West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6108 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> Telephone: 304-293-6023 <> <> Fax: 304-293-2960 <> <> web: http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/varroa.htm <> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------END OF FILE-------------------