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Author Topic: Why are bees attracted to my halogen floor lamp?  (Read 3088 times)
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« on: May 28, 2011, 10:31:45 PM »

They fly straight to it and killed by the heat. I counted 12 already.
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2011, 12:17:11 AM »

EVERY insect is attracted to light.  They think 'if there's LIGHT there, then there's FOOD there.'  and they often get fried.  Some outdoor insect-killing lamps work on that very principle.
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