Northeast Gardening: Harper's Birthday - Part 6!, 1 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
Jan, Hope you are having a great time with the DGKs. Children's museums are such fun. Do the magnet thingies and body heat pictures for me and tell us about your trip.

Carrie, corn is one of the few things we don't grow. You are right about the farmstand corn drought. We consider growing it every year, but think it's such a worm pain. Thanks for the "elegant" comment. Dust is filtering up from the jackhammering and the picture hardly shows what's what.

Harper, the bees are still in the tree. They have got to bee hungry beecause they are drinking up all the sugar water in two to three hours. The bee guy works nights and I told him that I could not dress up in bee drag multiple times a day (and pay him to remove bees). So, I suggested we move to plan...hmmm, Q? He says we might end up having to use Roman numerals. I said, "It will be your problem at that point, not mine." So, plan Q involved putting the sugar water in the hive. The bees have to climb through a tiny opening and sheets of wax and honey to get to the sugar water. It worked great for the last two days, and it slowed down the feedings. There is a catch. I can't go to the rear of the garden to water because the bees are so frenzied while the sugar water is in the feeder that they will not allow me to approach. We are in the third year of a major drought. I can't spend hours watering in bee gear (though I feel a certain je ne sais quoi when wearing the outfit). Perhaps it relates to my old nursing uniform. All dressed up in white, with a cool hat, and no place to go. We have moved on to plan R which involves not feeding them at all for two days. Bee guy is hoping they will move from the tree to the hive. I'm thinking they are waiting for the new chimbly to be built so they can move back "home" Is it possible bees are that smart?

There have been interesting moments with the chimbly "crew". I'll get into that another time. But you know the saying, "It takes a nation"? We are talking about putting together a set of teeth here. I'll keep 'ya posted.

Here's a hummer pic I took two days ago. I'm trying to learn about photography and how to use the photo editing software. I'm a newbie.
L