Sweet Sweet Honey

@paigea (36315)

Canada

August 1, 2023 5:50pm CST

A Bee Keeper has hives very close to our house. The bees love our yard it seems. Though they have wide open fields all around. We don't have many flowers. Often, this bird feeder is full of bees. We have to fill it twice a day; they drink it down. Our bushes are full of bees, there is a steady hum all over our property. Kind of interesting. If I ever see him when he's out tending to the bees, I'll have some questions. The bee keeper gave us a container of honey. That is nice.

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@DaddyEvil (137602)

• United States

2 Aug 23

I don't know a LOT about honey bees but do know that if they can't find flowers, they search for honeydew from different bugs like aphids that drink from the bushes and leave honeydew behind... I'm sure your bushes are filled with bugs that can supply honeydew.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

That's interesting. There certainly are plenty of bugs.

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@DaddyEvil (137602)

• United States

2 Aug 23

@paigea It sounded kinda gross to me when I first heard it but the bees "sterilize" the honeydew before using it.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

@DaddyEvil Many things we eat are gross at some point of development. Honey has antibacterial properties, so bees must sterilize it.

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@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 23

Those little insects drink more than we can imagine. It was nice from the bee keeper to offer you the honey.

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@LadyDuck (472078)

• Switzerland

2 Aug 23

@paigea With the heat it is incredible how much the water evaporates. I have to refill our pond every evening and I add 200 litres of water every day.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

3 Aug 23

@LadyDuck That really is a lot of evaporating!

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

It surprise me at first how quickly the water went down. It was covered in bees though.

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@toniganzon (72532)

• Philippines

2 Aug 23

Wow you are very lucky! I love honey.

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@toniganzon (72532)

• Philippines

2 Aug 23

@paigea I hope he would.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

Me too. I wonder if he'll give us more

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

@toniganzon or that was a taste to get us to buy it,!

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@RebeccasFarm (90474)

• Arvada, Colorado

2 Aug 23

Isn't that nice and sweet Paige..I love honey so much. I also love Colorado Honey.

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@RebeccasFarm (90474)

• Arvada, Colorado

2 Aug 23

@paigea Oh I bet it was Paige..I could eat loads of it but these days got to watch it.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

I'm sure your local honey is great. The tastiest honey I've had recently was last year in Manitoba. Delicious.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

@RebeccasFarm yes, have to have a little restraint.??

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317238)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

2 Aug 23

I'm glad they aren't a bother to you and you got honey out of it.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317238)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Aug 23

@paigea I'm glad they do.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

3 Aug 23

They are busy and leave us alone when we go near them

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Aug 23

Our birdbath was often full of bees. I don't know of any hives that were nearby. We should have called it a bee-bath.

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@JudyEv (342175)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Aug 23

@paigea In our summers, the birds were battling to get a look-in.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

@JudyEv The birds seem to have given up!

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

Yes, it certainly has become a bee bath or fountain. Today they weren't as busy here. Sometimes it is just covered.

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@AmbiePam (93953)

• United States

2 Aug 23

I’m glad you got some honey out of it since the bees like to come and visit you.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

It's interesting to have them. They love the bird bath and the outdoor sink. They don't go near the rain barrels.

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@rebelann (112983)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Aug 23

Lovely photo, I love bees. I've only seen 3 or 4 bees this year.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

We seem to always have plenty of bees/wasps. These hives made a noticeable difference.

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@wolfgirl569 (108196)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Aug 23

They know they are welcome

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

2 Aug 23

We're glad to have them.

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@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

26 Sep 23

I hope they can contain them. I'm scared of bees and getting stung!

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

27 Sep 23

They don't contain them. The bees go where they want. These bees don't bother us at all. I've grabbed one a couple times by accident because they were on something I picked up. Then they stung me. But it's not really a big deal.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

5 Nov 23

I keep local honey in my pantry at all times.

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@paigea (36315)

• Canada

5 Nov 23

Me too.

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