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This week we had the first storm of the season with buckets of rain and pretty high winds. I had to go up to Santa Clara for work the next day and while walking from the office to the hotel I found the remains of a bee hive on the ground with no bees in sight.
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The thing that struck me is that bees are everywhere and that it is preposterous to restrict people from keeping them in their backyards.
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In the picture above you can see a snail eating either brood or honey from the comb.
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