I slowly walked through a patch of Autumn Olive shrubs - you can't run through those without ripping your clothes and skin to shreds - but that did not really help.
Yes i have a pond! - Snappers, Water Moccasins, Liver flukes and brain eating Amoeba would be my least of worries. If i jump in there i will never make it out without help. The walls of the pond are so steep that even raccoons have drowned in there and even the ducks have a hard time to get out - at least they can use their wings for additional thrust. Plus the pond is just a hole in the loamy soil, so there is no real bottom to stand on and the mud will suck you down.
That could hurt the bees on the ground on a later date.
Thank you. I’ve learned something new today.
Me too! - I have actually thought about these ant-pellets too.
I too have started a number of unintentional fires with my smoker.¡Don't get me started on my smoker b¡tch! - I had it lit and it was smoking the sun away, but when i really needed it, i dropped it, the lid popped open and the embers rolled into the dry grass around the bee-hive. Had to perform a special dance ritual to extinguish the starting forest fire.
Those short and long worker bees are not that much different in length, so it is entirely possible that the smaller workers were just hatched. I saw those only in the brood boxes and they did not look crippled or so, just shorter.
