swarm-list Mailing List: Re: Dead bees on porches in area

[Phil Stob (phil.stob]

Motion detectors are a simple solution also.  

Cheers, 

Phil Stob

510-996-8946

phil.stob [at] gmail.com

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:16 AM Andrew Cain via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

I'm with Robin. I bet you find the dead bees under a porch light. If so, I would look around within line of sight of that porch light and see if I could identify where the hive is. Then give the speel about coexisting with the bees and tell them to turn off the light. 

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:03 AM Robin Chatham via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

They may be attracted to the porch light at night.

On Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:17 AM Pamela Weimer via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:

Thank you David for taking a look.  Take a plastic bag along to collect a sample of the bees to check for phorid fly.  You can seal the bag and then watch to see if larvae pop out of the head of bees after about a week, I think. 
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> On Sep 30, 2026, at 10:08, Jerry Przybylski <gtp000000 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
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> Perhaps phorid fly
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> A parasite we should know about.
> Not economically significant.
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> Https://zombeewarch.org/
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> - Jerry
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> -- Siri apologizes 4 autocomplete errors...
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>> On Sep 30, 2026, at 9:39 AM, Pamela Weimer via swarm-list <swarm-list [at] alamedabees.org> wrote:
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>> Caller in Allendale neighborhood says they recently have a lot of dead bees in front and back porches of apartment building and wonder if a colony has moved into their building.  She is disabled so can’t investigate herself. 
>>
>> Anyone near Angelo and Minna streets who could do a drive by and check it out? 
>>
>> LMK if you can!
>>
>> Joan
>> 3955 Angelo Ave (at Minna)
>> 805-607-5575 text first
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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