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In the spirit of editorial correctness, Eddie said he wasn’t absolutely certain about a swarm in July is a needle m the eye.” So, I checked with another local expert, Ellen Welch, whose father and brothers used to go into the mountains every spring looking for honeybees. She immediately repeated the same saying, except that, for July, she said, ‘‘a swarm in July’s not worth a fly.” I suspect Mr. Williams would defer to his wife’s grandmother.
Eddie said the queen lays about 3-4.000 eggs a day, and that most of the bees live approximately 26 days. They, literally, work themselves to death, cleaning and preparing the hive, gathering nectar, making wax, making honey, fanning the hive with their wings to keep the temperature correct and taking care of the queen.
It seems that all the hardworking worker bees that live only 26 days are female. My wife and daughter had a tew rather unkind things to say about the apparently lazy, oversize, male drone bees, that, they felt, didn’t contribute very much to the colony. Such is life, I suppose, but sometimes it is difficult being the only male in the household. t
Until next time, stay well and enjoy nature's bounty.
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