WHO SAYS THE BEES DON'T WORK IN THE WINTER submitted by beekeeper Gerard

Notice the number of dead bees outside of hive 2 (top photo) which was taken yesterday afternoon, and outside of the same hive (bottom photo) this afternoon.  It's zero degrees on my thermometer.  While standing there, three bees brought out dead bees, flying, but fell to the snow and couldn't get back up.  I put one back in the entrance, but it's probably a goner.  Wondering if they're healthy bees cleaning out the dead and dying in the process, or if they knew they were about to expire and helped with mortician duty on the way out?

 YESTERDAY'S DEAD BEES

TODAY'S DEAD BEES