Another hive swarmed and choose an old satellite receiver. Hilary moved them into a new hive but after two hours they left the hive and returned to the satellite receiver. It is anchored on a hollow pole and the queen may be there, inaccessible. So, Hilary moved them again to a new hive, we will know tomorrow if she got the queen or they decide to stay in the new hive.
The flowering trees should provide ample food for the bees. They seem to prefer wild plum and choke cherry. As usual, I can not locate their main food source but it does not seem to be any of these blooms. The bees use the spring fed pond for water and yesterday toads were also there in abundance.
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The flowering trees should provide ample food for the bees. They seem to prefer wild plum and choke cherry. As usual, I can not locate their main food source but it does not seem to be any of these blooms. The bees use the spring fed pond for water and yesterday toads were also there in abundance.
Their charming
sound is almost deafening. They have been active for three days and
are very docile when approached slowly from the water. Thirty years ago
there were very few, if any, toads at this location. Although I
gardened a lot, I never saw one. The area had been exposed to a lot of
chemicals for corn. About fifteen years ago, Hilary and I stopped on a
highway to avoid hitting hundreds of toads. Many were crushed by cars.
We scooped up as many as we could, helping them cross the road, and
took about twenty with us and released them here. We have had toads in
abundance ever since.
