Bee House Keeping

The temperature got up to 50 today.  The warmest in a long time.

I noticed the bees were out and about. 

But on closer inspection, there were lots of dead bees too. 

And dead bees all on the ground in front of the hive.  Apparently, it is a house keeping chore.  Bees die every day but when it is cold the bees spend their time keeping the hive warm.  On a warm day they can move around more and do some housekeeping chores, like getting rid of the dead ones.