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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Activity at Bermuda and the Cycle of Life

There are bees flying in and out of Bermuda - they often are carrying heavy loads of pollen on their legs. I didn't get a good picture, but the activity is the most I've seen this year. In the heat of summer and the height of the nectar flow, the arrival and departure of bees is like Hartsfield/Jackson Airport in Atlanta, but today it's sufficient to make me happy and optimistic!

Also I left the two frames of head-down starved bee bodies out on my deck. As you can see from the one below, some part of the cycle of life has contributed to cleaning up the frame. I imagine the wren or one of the woodpeckers I've seen eating bee bodies on the deck has feasted on my dead bees. Less work now for the new girls when they arrive in a couple of weeks!
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