Is it a myth that bees get drunk on nectar? Yesterday I was sitting in the garden when I saw a big fat bee fall out of a foxglove flower, hit a leaf and roll down the middle before falling off the end. I also find them staggering about in the beds, falling on their backs, waving their fuzzy little legs in the air, buzzing furiously. Are they really drunk? And if so, what does the queen say when they finally make it home at three in the morning, singing bee shanties?

Bob