13 June 2024

Mowing went well yesterday and I’m preparing for more today, nothing eventful happened as I was only cutting grass. There was a time when after I had gone over an area that I noticed a long black snake, the same as I saw on the back end of my property months ago. The species is called black runner I believe and they’re protected in this area, so I didn’t mess with it. When the grass grows long all sorts of wild life begin to inhabit it, it’s hard to believe when we were walking around in the tall grass we could have been a couple feet away from a snake. On a previous mow I saw a tortoise running for cover after I expose it’s resting spot, it was surprising the shell didn’t get hit by the mower. After all mowing there are field mice running around. The check up on the bees also went well, they hadn’t finished the sugar water I gave them that was almost three weeks old now which means they’d rather get their own food from the wild. When dealing with the bees I’m trying to get in and out as quick as possible, so I poured more food and left. Next time I visit I’ll probably removed the container for feeding and let them have more room. They are still building their own combs perpendicular to the manmade ones provided, but have hit the wall and now I’m hoping they’ll make use of my frames. Because the bees are building freely they build onto the roof which I have to rip off everytime I enter and it reveals little amounts of honey they’ve made. There are other frames I can put on top for them to continue growing, they still need to be assembled.