03 May Mon 2010
Don't Drink and Buzz
Here's food for thought: Bees don't want you to "catch a buzz". Not from alcohol, anyway. When Steve came by yesterday to add more supers to our busy little hives, we were talking about...ah yes, tequila. My daughter just turned 21, and we had bought a bottle of a nice Mexican tequila to celebrate. Since we don't really drink much, most of the bottle was still full. Steve was working so hard, I offered him his customary glass of water. When he refused, I asked him if he wanted a shot of tequila. It was late Sunday, after all,....a lazy weekend afternoon....
"No!" he stated emphatically. He then went on to explain that bees DO NOT like alcohol on your breath. And he shared an unhappy experience when he had had maybe a beer on his breath and the bees really "went after" him. Apparently the scent of sobriety is far pleasanter to the girls than alcohol on the breath.
And so I learned something new: Don't catch a buzz with the bees. You'll bee sorry!