Scouting the bees

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On our latest scouting trip out beyond the beaver bog we found this full size hive. It had bees going in and out, so it appears to be in use. The relatively small branch it is attached to doesn’t bode well for its longterm success.

While it is in an open space and maybe 100 feet off the trail, easily visible while walking by, I do not remember seeing it before. We have not been walking by this spot very often this year, so it may be a structure built this year.

We will now keep an eye on it and report as needed.

Mid-August

johngregsite Posted on by
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At the Ice Pond where a hundred Canadian tourists (geese-like creatures depositing piles and piles of little white feathers all over the pond) have been congregating these past few days in South-eastern Connecticut. If the problem isn’t chemical run-off inspired algae, it is pond-fouling fowls from away. I do have to admit, while sitting by the pond at the distant other end shown here, I saw minnows, perches, and other water-based creatures still alive. There are home owners and golf course groundskeepers sighing with relief that hordes of geese are not pooping away on their yards and greens – at least until this evening. Hah!