The weirdest part is that I kind of remember all the bees and birds going silent during the solar eclipse, but I don't recall them like dropping out of the sky like this
It's the best thing to do usually. Diurnal flying animals rely heavily on daylight adapted vision to navigate and if that is gone the risk of crashing into stuff increases dramatically, which is pretty bad if you have delicate wings. Or even worse encountering predators like spiders or bats. So the best thing may be to drop to the ground quickly and thereby regain control of your movement.
This is actually caused by their reactions to storms!
When it suddenly gets really dark they have learned to stop flying or risk being swept up by the wind and being displaced by kilometers from the hive.
Also did you know that bees keep track of time? They found this by moving bees from Europe to America and they noticed that they would wake up in the middle of the night due to jetlag! Aren't bees awesome?
Ah, that makes sense as well. I didn't expect that they would respond to sudden darkness the same way. I guess I should read up more about hymenopteran behaviour.
The Cheat is grounded! We had that light switch installed for you so that you could turn the lights on and off. Not so you could throw light switch raves! Now let's break open that glow stick and pour it into Homestar's Mountain Dew.
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