A different bees in the feed horn story.

[Magic Static]

On my 10' dish I'm using a dual ortho feed (Bullseye II) I've been fiddling with it a bit and have left the cover off the throat. Having some issues yesterday I went out and looked and found a big field spider had taken up residence on my dish. She was rolling up a yellow jacket she had caught. I watched her for a while and noticed she was filling her larder with bees, rolling them up and stuffing them in the Ku tube. So I evicted the spider and her larder and signal levels are normal again. Gotta get up there and put a cap on though

 

[KE4EST]

It never fails. Have 10 feedhorns without caps. The one out of ten that is actually hooked up and being used is the one the bees or other insects get in.

 

[Radioguy41]

I had hornets get in through a small vent hole and actually fill the cover with a nest to the point the LNBs started to overheat and the picture would break up. I figured the LNB(s) needed replacing until I pulled the cover off. Got down off that ladder in a hurry! Once I cleaned all that out the picture was back to normal.

 

[Magic Static]

It never fails. Have 10 feedhorns without caps. The one out of ten that is actually hooked up and being used is the one the bees or other insects get in.

I have noticed that same thing before. I think the bees are drawn toward live LNBs. As if they emit a kind of music to the bees. I notice they are constantly checking the LNBs for habitable locations. But they leave the cover over the AJAK alone. They could build a right fine nest inside the AJAK but I have never found one in there. I did bee proof one of my AJAK motors but the other has never drawn one bee.

 

[Jason S]

There is research into insects ability to detect electrical fields. Some ant species are actually attracted to electricity.

Like Magic Static said, maybe the wasps and bees are sensing something they like with a powered LNB(F)?
http://www.nature.com/news/bumblebees-sense-electric-fields-in-flowers-1.12480

 

[armadillo_115]

Like Magic Static said, maybe the wasps and bees are sensing something they like with a powered LNB(F)?

Or maybe you don't often check an lnb that is not in use.

 

[danristheman]

Or its the frequency could be just as simple as a place to beat the heat.