Matthew, bees do not eat turnips. When you see bees around the garden,
their main interest is the flowers. To them, you're like a maintenance
person changing fluorescent bulbs in a busy office, with your ladder
getting in everyone's way. It's their office.
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When I said "bee", I meant the yellow jackets. We have many "bees" around
here, and they are our friends. They don't bother us, we don't bother them.
Yellow jackets are another story. My sister-in-law is deathly allergic to
their stings, I'm not to crazy about them either, and I would happily kill
every one of them :P