Indica + CFLs= tropical bees death trap???

[tropicanna]

Although this setup is not a greenhouse perse, this forum seems to be the more adequate to ask the following question. These are two distinct specimens growing outdoors with 100W CFLs that supplement the light period before sunrise and after sunset for an 18/6 veg regimen. One is an alleged a Marberry Mozambiquen Poison and the other a Beanhorder Johnny Blaze X Chem Dawg. The past couple of days there has been an ever increasing congregation of flying insects(bees,flying ants,small moth looking butterflies) around the plants, specially in the afternoon and around sunset when the CFLs turn on until 9 PM.This morning the bees were "chillin" underneath the JBXCD fan leaves. The JBXCD is pretty fragrant, reminiscent of OG Kush more than Chem Dawg, whereas the MP is not fragrant at all, you'd have to rub the stem to get any distinct smell out of it.The JBXCD has a few leaves with very tiny holes in them, no real significant damage, where as the MP is practically intact. Both had their pots are covered with a lid to prevent water evaporation but upon further inspection there was all these bees found dead near the stalks inside the pots and some more in between the coil of one of the CFLs.
Don't want to jump to conclusions here, but it seems that they get attracted to the JBXCD and end up meeting their maker at night due to the CFLs…has anyone had a similar experience?

 

[waveguide]

bees can be pretty dozey.

try putting some water someplace else where they can get to it, maybe someplace it will evaporate well so they'll detect it.

 

[vostok]

Obviously something is attracting the bees, most in the northern hemisphere, bees are still in hibernating so we can assume your are in the south, argentina, pitcairn auz..?

afternoon heat is the issue? encourage ventilation, a bug screen over the inlet will keep vermin like bees and their viri of your plants ...but something is outta kilter here?

 

[tropicanna]

Its actually the caribbean… I just found an article that says:
"Night flying insects evolved to navigate by the light of the moon. By keeping the moon's reflected light at a constant angle, the insects can maintain a steady flight path and a straight course.
Artificial lights interfere with an insect's ability to detect the moonlight. They appear brighter, and radiate their light in multiple directions. Once an insect flies close enough to a light bulb, it attempts to navigate by way of the artificial light, rather than the moon.
Since the light bulb radiates light on all sides, the insect simply cannot keep the light source at a constant angle, as it does with the moon. It attempts to navigate a straight path, but ends up caught in an endless spiral dance around the bulb."
Pretty interesting stuff...