Zombie flies?

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Post #394,152 by scoenye 9/5/14 8:46:39 PM Reply	Zombie flies? http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/01/03/zombie-fly-parasite-killing-honeybees/ The parasitic fly lays eggs in a bee’s abdomen. Several days later, the parasitized bee bumbles out of the hives—often at night—on a solo mission to nowhere. These bees often fly toward light and wind up unable to control their own bodies.
Post #394,153 by Another Scott 9/5/14 9:03:31 PM Reply	Interesting. :-(
Post #394,154 by Ashton 9/5/14 9:04:58 PM Reply	Great sleuthing! Thanks.. in my area, too :-/ As I don't have night-lites except on motion-detectors, ns-see-um. Maybe will leave one on.. and see if it's right-In my bailiwick. Will pass-around to local troops: clearly this is some neural derangement, but in terminal phase. Have to see if N. Califonia is rife? or thus far unique. (The Good-news! ..just seems to become more piddling; a small victory re some misanthrope CEO, a few nasty Pols getting a long-evaded comeuppance.) A 0-endorphin diet in homo-saps ... over time might catalyze similar alterations, as in these poor Bees.

Tried an LED Bulb - (Andrew Grygus) - (22) - Aug. 27, 2014, 01:11:13 PM EDT

Have you tried a pure yellow light? - (crazy) - (14) - Aug. 27, 2014, 02:34:59 PM EDT

Not yet, but I will. - (Andrew Grygus) - (13) - Aug. 27, 2014, 04:15:56 PM EDT

Failure. - (Andrew Grygus) - (12) - Sept. 5, 2014, 12:27:10 PM EDT

do the bees die if you dont use a light at all for one night? -NT - (boxley) - (9) - Sept. 5, 2014, 12:31:04 PM EDT

I do not know - not here - but somewhere else? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 5, 2014, 12:44:17 PM EDT

What I do know is, if the light is off in the evening . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Sept. 5, 2014, 12:51:59 PM EDT

hmm, wonder what the attraction is? strange -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 5, 2014, 01:37:12 PM EDT

Hive nearby? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2014, 02:04:27 PM EDT

Re: Hive nearby? - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 5, 2014, 06:55:07 PM EDT

Never having observed/noticed a bee at night .... puzzlement. Hypothesis: - (Ashton) - Sept. 5, 2014, 04:10:14 PM EDT

Zombie flies? - (scoenye) - (2) - Sept. 5, 2014, 08:46:39 PM EDT

Interesting. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 5, 2014, 09:03:31 PM EDT

Great sleuthing! Thanks.. in my area, too :-/ - (Ashton) - Sept. 5, 2014, 09:04:58 PM EDT

Maybe a lamp cover - (malraux) - (1) - Sept. 5, 2014, 12:43:41 PM EDT

Thinking! ... our species short-suit.. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 5, 2014, 04:11:31 PM EDT

White LEDs aren't "white". - (Another Scott) - Aug. 27, 2014, 02:54:48 PM EDT

Hope this isn't a common occurrence elsewhere, or we'd have heard (??) - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 27, 2014, 04:53:03 PM EDT

What puzzles me is, how come at least half are dead . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 27, 2014, 09:24:16 PM EDT

The saga of the bees continues. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Sept. 8, 2014, 12:15:23 PM EDT

Got a local college with either agriculture or biology programs? - (drook) - (2) - Sept. 8, 2014, 01:51:02 PM EDT

I've been thinking of going that route. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Sept. 8, 2014, 03:55:59 PM EDT

Kudoes.. - (Ashton) - Sept. 8, 2014, 04:40:20 PM EDT

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