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Re: Bees Taste With Their Toes
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Robin Dartington <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 5 Feb 2014 09:39:27 +0000
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> Eugene Makovec  wrote:>Does
> anyone know if it used to be common practice to feed salt to bees?<

Common practice in UK used to supply bees with salty water naturally.  Bees would prefer to take water from off cowpats or runoff from manure stacks. I noticed that rotting leaves in a shallow rut were also attractive. 
The countryside is too tidy nowadays. I put out shallow trays filled with pebbles - and at least some composty soil. 
Luckily we liked a tasty honey here.  :)

Robin 
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