Rural Gardening: Bees eating cracked corn - is this OK?, 1 by June_Ontario

June_Ontario wrote:
The weather was mild yesterday, but it's still very wintery here and other than a few early bulbs (crocus and iris) I have no flowers open. To my surprise, I noticed small brown bees eating the cracked corn on our bird table. The bees seem to be packing the powdery residue from the corn into their leg "pockets" and taking it away as if it were pollen. Is this good for them? I have no idea what kind of corn is supplied for bird food, and for all I know it might be GM, with insecticide in it.