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April 6, 2008

Bees' Knees

One sure sign of spring is BEES. Since nothing is blooming right now, they will take what they can get and usually swarm to chicken food, a great source of protein for them. Believe it or not it upsets the chickens and they will steer clear of a dish swarmed with bees.
Today we also got grain from a farm down the road. The bees swarmed that too. It gave the task of unloading the 20 bags off the truck a little excitement that it usually lacks :) Luckily for us the bees are more interested in the grains than defending their turf, so as long as we move slowly, no one gets stung.
They even swarm the empty bags. A local apiary has a number of boxes (hives) down at the bottom of our driveway that could account for the great numbers of bees. A beekeeper can set out food especially for his bees so they won't have to travel so far for food. But I bet by next weekend they will also have some flowers to visit. In the meantime, the chickens will have to share.

Posted by roosterh at April 6, 2008 3:53 PM

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