Occasionally someone on Bee-l mentions a strange or unusual use for hive
products but this one must be one of the oddest - feeding honey to
parrots!
 
I had a replacement window salesman call on me yesterday.  It turned out
that he breeds parrots in his spare time.  This is quite lucrative.  The
species he specializes in sells for 200 pounds ($300) a bird.  Nutrition
is very important for success and he has a food mixture he has developed
himself.  The formula was quite disgusting, mainly consisting of various
dried pulses and other seeds, chicken meat and honey!  Anyway, rather
than him selling me windows, I sold him a number of bottles of honey.
Since he chose my nicest (and most expensive) variety I was relieved to
hear that he did intend to eat some of it himself.
 
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Malcolm Roe                                Phone  :  +44 1442 345104
Crosfield Electronics Ltd                  Fax    :  +44 1442 343000
Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP2 7RH, UK        E-mail :  [log in to unmask]
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