Sweet Sweet Honey
By paigea
@paigea (35718)
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 (137142)
• United States
1 Aug
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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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
1 Aug
@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 (35718)
• Canada
1 Aug
@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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@paigea (35718)
• Canada
2 Aug
@toniganzon or that was a taste to get us to buy it,!
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@RebeccasFarm (86823)
• United States
1 Aug
Isn't that nice and sweet Paige..I love honey so much. I also love Colorado Honey.
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@RebeccasFarm (86823)
• United States
1 Aug
@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 (35718)
• Canada
1 Aug
@RebeccasFarm yes, have to have a little restraint.??
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