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Well that's a vast improvement
Bees Bees

Well that's a vast improvement

What a relief for the eyes to have the beehives undressed for the year.  This is the view out my front window. Such a visual improvement! The before picture.  Good God,  what a trash heap.  Extraneous stuff wrapped around the bottom is to deter the chickens from pecking at the styrofoam. Nosey's a big styrofoam-eating culprit, and me running outside at her shouting does nothing.  What?  Crunchy! I like Nosey.  I don't want her to die by extruded polystyrene

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Spring break for the bees
Bees Bees

Spring break for the bees

It's just SO weird to put on a bee suit in January. However, it was a warm day, so my bees came out to poop, and I was able to feed them. By warm I mean that in 24 hours the temp shot up from -10°C to the opposite, plus 10°C, wiping out all the snow, and exposing all the gross wet wood and dirt (now the mercury is rapidly falling again). It's the February melt look; it can hardly look worse. Everything is hideous.

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