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, -- Gordon Scott [log in to unmask] 100332,3310 on CompuServe Newsletter [log in to unmask] ditto Beekeeper, Kendo Sandan, sometime sailor. Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 5HP, UK