On 4-Mar-08, at 12:59 PM, Richard A Cartwright wrote: > However, on closer inspection I > noticed that all the bees were crawling on coffee grinds, and none > were on > any of the fruit/vegetable remains. Hi Dick and all My understanding is that the bees are looking for protein. I've seen them taking sawdust from my compost. I don't think we want to know about some of the things that they take back to the hive when we can't watch them. I wouldn't worry about this but what about your neighbour spraying his dandelions with weed killer. Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************