>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
I cant see what youve got but they should be ok as long as they have some
food in their belly.I have gone out And brushed them into a container and
give them WARM food , Keep them in the dark so they wont fly when they warm
up. When they warm up they will fly to any light like windows or cracks in
doors. In the morning when the temp is above 45 degrees take them outside
so they can decide what to do. the ones who will not go home try marrying
to some other hive. It seems as though every year when I sell packages
novices will not follow instructions and wind up with bees too cold to
reach food and often even appear dead.In that case I also spray them with
thin warm syrup.
 
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Nothing works every time but are pretty good odds.       Jerry Fries