Is this what starvation looks like?

[skeggley]

No mate, this is what starvation looks like.

Summer Dearth beware

Ok so I’ve seen enough winter dead outs so I thought I’d share what I came home to this arvo. First a quick briefing. Here in the lovely Perth Hills there is plenty of parkland and trees galore, good ol’ Aussie bush, what more could a nectar loving insect want? As it turns out nectar is not only what they want but what they need… By all reports its been a really poor season in fact the worst in a decade. I’ve heard of commercial guys having turned up to their out apiaries finding dead outs. A…