Ravenous

July 19, 2006

I gave my faux Cerana hive 3 quarts of sugar water on Wednesday. When I poked my head in yesterday to see how they were enjoying it, I was surprised to see they had drained them all dry. My domesticated hives usually took at least a week or two to get close to the bottom of that amount.

I mixed up a fresh 3 quarts and replaced the bottles. Bottoms up, girls!

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