DAY # 2 in the battle of the bee's!! Entering my coop this morning, I found a couple stray bee's in a low inside corner, just merrily flying around. Suspecting the worst, a quick outside tour showed they had gone underground, right next to my chikky entrance door. Not to be outsmarted by a humble bee, (no pun intended there) I quickly threw three shovels of soil over that entryway, & scrammed! ! then set my portable BBQ on the floor inside the coop, then liberally coated it w/bacon grease. Luckily, my coop has a trap door in the floor, so that was opened, giving the critters an exit, & possibly letting the smoke drift down to that area. I know smoke rises, but presently, bacon smoke is pouring out every possible crevice in my coop. The bee's appear agitated, or very busy, & are buzzing all around the chikky entrance. (I'M NOT) calling a bee keeper @ this point, seems like an effort in futility, where they have gone beneath the coop. They would likely have to be dug out. I have more bacon grease! We shall see where this territorial battle ends. It's a good thing I have no neighbors. They would be outside w/a video camera, or reserving me a rubber room somewhere.
