Roadkill

[gavin]

Evenin' all. Here's a question. If you site bees in a position where they have to cross the road (to get to the other side, must be a joke in there somewhere) will you have a lot of casualties and lose colony strength?

I'm considering a site near (not right beside) a major trunk road where there is likely to be a lot of forage in land the other side of this road (and not so much their side). The constant stream of traffic (of various sizes), at speed, worries me. At least some of the time (when windy) bees seem to travel fairly close to the ground, at other times they are up and away. Any experience, or informed opinion, folks?

G.