Friday Cocktail

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Bee nests are 3” deep and cutter bees build a nest out of alfalfa leaves and places an egg in the nests. This egg turns into a cocoon and then we harvest the cocoon with a machine called a bee stripper. Once all the cocoons are harvested we keep what we need for next year then sell the remaining cocoons.

[AllisWD45]

Brings back memories. Was in leafcutters from 1978 to 1991. Looks like a modern operation. I got into blocks a couple years before I sold out. My nests were the single board system. The blocks I used were for exporting bees to the USA. It was a good business and treated us well.