# Where bees go to die **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183 "2008-06-08T00:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/1 "2008-06-08T00:03:15Z")
Last night, I found about a dozen dead bees in my living room. They were all congregated at the east end of the room, by the french doors. This afternoon, I found another two dozen dead bees in my living room. This time, they were all at the west end of the room, by the picture window. Maybe they were there last night, and I just didn’t see them. I didn’t search the room, and the lights weren’t on at the other end of the room, so maybe I missed them in the dark. I’m kind of creeped out, actually. How did they all get in? Why did they come inside just to die? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/2 "2008-06-08T00:16:50Z")
Chances are you’ve got a nest in, under or on your house somewhere. They often can find their way indoors in their search for food. They navigate by the position of the Sun, which they can see through windows. Unfortunately, they’re not too bright and keep trying to get through the window until they die. Probably time to call an exterminator. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/3 "2008-06-08T00:29:21Z")
Maybe it’s like an elephant graveyard… but for Bees. Though it seems they wanted to get out- maybe they just kept hitting the glass and dying? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/4 "2008-06-08T01:26:55Z")
I’d bet good money they’re in your wall somewhere. I’ve had this happen to my house twice. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/5 "2008-06-08T02:16:49Z")
so THATS what happening with colony collapse disorder! Brian ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/6 "2008-06-08T02:30:52Z")
Maybe you are just a character in a [M. Night Shyamalan](http://io9.com/357810/marky-mark-wants-you-to-know-whats-happening-with-bees) film. Other, er, signs, are that no one except a small creepy wide-eyed child acknowledges your presence, you are the only and completely unscathed survivor of a tragic mass roller-blading accident, you live in a subdivision surrounded by invisible predators, someone is cutting circular patterns in your lawn, or you find a nearly drowned waif lounging on the side of your pool. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/7 "2008-06-08T02:32:00Z")
Some go to Florida: > **[Oh dear lord! Bees!](https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2243176)** > > Oh dear lord! Bees! Oh, the Beemanity! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/8 "2008-06-08T07:01:51Z")
That’s funny…the ones around here just crawl in between the window and the storm window to die, so that I find their dessicated husks in the spring. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/9 "2008-06-08T09:45:23Z")
Honey, I miss you, and I’m feeling sad… ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/10 "2008-06-08T09:57:38Z")
If I had bees in the wall, I’d go ap shit! ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/11 "2008-06-08T10:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] Last night, I found about a dozen dead bees in my living room. [/QUOTE] Since you use the word bees I’m not sure if you mean honeybees specifically, but if you do, then indeed they are likely in the structure somewhere. Please call a beekeeper or beekeeper’s association about removal, since many times it can be done with no more damage than an exterminator would be required to do, and they save the bees, in most cases. In Lobotomyboy’s link, a swarm ( read that as the next generation moving out looking for their own place ) had alighted on the swingset. Had a knowledgeable person been there a new hive was of easy avail. Bees are very docile then; no home to protect, they mass about the queen. A lamentable end, but I do enjoy watching contenders for the Darwin Awards. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/12 "2008-06-08T10:48:48Z")
If you do have honeybees in your wall, you have a bit of a problem. Best consult an expert. > **[Canlı Bahis Siteleri 2023 - Hangileri Türkiye'ye ve Bana Uygun?](http://www.guvenilir-bahis-siteleri78.com/)** > > 2023 yılının en iyi canlı bahis sitelerini ve aynı zamanda Türkiye içerisinde aktif olan en güvenilir siteleri burada bulabilirsiniz. Avrupa'lı siteleri burada analiz ediyoruz. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/13 "2008-06-08T14:33:19Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] If I had bees in the wall, I’d go ap shit! [/QUOTE] _covers **Tapioca Dextrin** with honey and ties hir to an anthill_ ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/14 "2008-06-08T16:25:40Z")
I didn’t see any more bees this morning. But god help me if there are bees in here; it just further confirms that although I love my house, my house doesn’t love me back. I’ve fortunately already got an exterminator on the payroll; he comes a couple times a week to try to get rid of the stupid **rats** that were living in the basement. (A friend suggested something in the rat control work had maybe set off the bees, but somehow I doubt snap traps + peanut butter would lead to a bee graveyard.) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/15 "2008-06-08T17:38:11Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] I’ve fortunately already got an exterminator on the payroll; he comes a couple times a week to try to get rid of the stupid **rats** that were living in the basement. [/QUOTE] **Campion** , please read my link above to see what happens if you exterminate the bees without removing the hive from your wall. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/16 "2008-06-08T18:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] **Campion** , please read my link above to see what happens if you exterminate the bees without removing the hive from your wall. [/QUOTE] I did, thank you very much. Allow me to expand upon my prior response: I am already working with a pest control company, which is licensed and bonded. I will speak with them regarding this potential bee problem and, if they do not have the requisite experience and credentials to address the problem adequately, I will seek from them a referral to an appropriately licensed and credentialed professional to deal with the situation. I hope that’s sufficient for you now. Good lord, people. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/17 "2008-06-08T18:12:24Z")
[QUOTE=Campion] I did, thank you very much. Allow me to expand upon my prior response: I am already working with a pest control company, which is licensed and bonded. I will speak with them regarding this potential bee problem and, if they do not have the requisite experience and credentials to address the problem adequately, I will seek from them a referral to an appropriately licensed and credentialed professional to deal with the situation. I hope that’s sufficient for you now. Good lord, people. [/QUOTE] Excuse the fuck out of me. Sorry for answering what I thought was a request for advice. I assure you it will not happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-bees-go-to-die/452183/18 "2008-06-08T19:35:12Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Excuse the fuck out of me. Sorry for answering what I thought was a request for advice. I assure you it will not happen again. [/QUOTE] I apologize for my reaction. I read your second post as saying, “Moron. RTFM.” when I think instead you merely intended to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. Believe me, I am well aware of the seriousness, and I appreciate your concern. Again, I apologize for my reaction; it was based on a misunderstanding.