In message <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:
> I was out with the bees tonight and there was pollen coming in at 9:30
> pm. How's that for the bees working long hours? The bee keeper had it
> pretty good today - just lazed around the lake and went to work at 8 pm.
I had a colony a couple of years back that literaly worked dawn 'til
dusk (4:30am to 11pm here in mid-summer). Only trouble was many of the
bees failed to make it back and those that did seemed to be eating more
than they brought in. Never got a crop off them!
Regards,
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Beekeeper, Kendo Sandan, sometime sailor.
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 5HP, UK