It went to the bees of course. The order for a new package of bees including their queen was placed in January, and arrived in April. I spent Earth day installing a new hive near their soon to be buddy bees, the veterans in an existing hive. The new bees have some food, and water is available so I am hopeful. I have been at this point before and I know this is a crap shoot, but I am trying to stack the odds in the bees favor. Bee TUFF little bees!- Bees don’t have it easy even in the best of times. The total life span of a honey bee from the beginning of its larval stage to the end of its adult life is only about 6 weeks, in that time the honey bee has to learn a lot of stuff, where’s the food, how far away is it, what time of day is it available, where’s the water? Oh, and don’t drown while you are getting the water, Ms. Bee- (90 %) are female). Right now in the hill country the prickly pear cactus are blooming so at least there is a little natural food out there. Look at the picture of the hose on the faucet- a very small drip supplies lots of bees with water- the bottom of the pipe is all bees. Don’t fix that drip!
