In the bee yard, my two colonies of honey bees were flying about, looking for forage. Our recent sub zero spell had put the kibosh on flower blossoms, so I offered the bees a sugar picnic. They were delighted!
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| On a very mild November day, my honey bees were flying about. |
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| They happily lap up moistened sugar from their custom made picnic table. |
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| Red squirrel, Timmy, wisely dries his apples before storing them. |
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| A picnic meal of roast chicken, ham, chicken broth and cat kibble. |
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| Feral Ginger Tom rewards me with a half smile. High praise coming from him! |
And how sensible are all animals and bees, storing up for the winter, or staying at the best B&B for a feral cat ever. Your hives, if I stand a little way back from my laptop, it almost looks like a little face there. With a University Mortar Board hat!!!
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it, Jean, my sun/rain roof toppers on the hives do look like mortar board hats. What a good imagination you have. I made them from old boards that were replaced on my sister's privacy fence. As for feral Tom, he is s-l-o-w-l-y showing me a little trust. When I bring out his breakfast tray, his tail lifts ever so slightly off the ground. His version of a little smile, I presume.
DeleteJean is right Florence. They do look like little faces with mortar boards. Anyway, So happy you can help out your bees which I didn't know you could do...provide them with sugar, I mean. I think that is a wonderful picnic for Old Tom...who knows the hardship he has endured. Not one sign of a cat around here. We found a sad mound of feathers yesterday...black, white with a little teal blue. I can't think what bird that would be.
ReplyDeleteNo feral cats? There must not be farms close to you then. I wonder if the feathers you found were owned by a white breasted nuthatch. Yes, I'm pretty sure Ginger Tom has faced a hard knock life. He deserves a little luxury and loves roast chicken which he wolfs down before turning to his dry kibble and then to the low sodium chicken broth.
DeleteThat's so sweet! Get it?!
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