modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:54:21 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig
> > wrote:
>
>> Bees are soooooooo critical to agriculture. ND is a big honey
>> producing state. Most of the honey is clover honey at least in the
>> fall. Our bees are trucked to warmer climes in winter. IIRC we won't
>> get Africanized bees because it's too cold here in the spring and the
>> fall.
>> Lynn in Fargo
>>
>
> The bees survived their journey to the garden, but it became apparent
> yesterday that I'd placed the hive to close to the garden.
>
> So at dusk this evening, I moved them again -- this time about a
> hundred yards away from the garden. Hive-haulin' modom, out there on
> the prairie schlepping bees across the fields.
>
> I still need to figure out a water source for them, but it'll come.
>


The bees will drink water that adheres to the plants in the garden. Really.


Becca