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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