On a warm winter afternoon, the bees have come out to fly around and take water back to the hive. They will use this water to dilute honey and feed young. Even though the air temps were mild, the pond water was cold. Several of the bees had feel into the cold water. They were still alive so I lifted them out of the pond. I was afraid they had used up all their energy reserves trying to get out of the water and would be "out of fuel" and unable to fly back home. After a nice snack of "honey on a toothpick", about a dozen of the bees fly back to the hives. Such a simple thing made me feel so good...LOL Yes, we beekeepers are crazy !
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