>It seems there is a ready supply of sweets every
>where.  I have only observed yellow jackets trying to get into my soda
>but it seems logical that honey bees would be equally interested.
 
   I'd like to comment on that point. Our campus used to have football
games in a stadium at one end of the campus.  A beekeeper has a yard in a
grove little more than a stone's throw from there.  Our nectar availability
in this area is at its lowest in September and October.  It is only natural
then, that the bees would find the soda pop cans strewn about after games
and before workers could clean the area.  By the third game of the season
or so, the bees would be so turned on the the soda that spectators had to
compete for the soft drinks when the cans were first opened.  It must have
been an interesting flavored honey!
 
                                                Adrian
 
 
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