“Bees are so directionally aware, if you move them even two feet, they get disoriented,” Cato said, “So right now they just aren’t coming out of the hive.”
He needs those bees. He’s a farmer, but not the kind of farmer that can rely on the abilities of wild bees to pollinate his peppers, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes.
In fact, his 7-Acre Farm looks more like a university research lab than Old McDonald’s fabled operation.
Cato grows all his vegetables in a greenhouse, so he bought bees, connected their hive to his structure and hoped for the best. So far, at least, the bees have not ventured out of their hive to investigate the rows of vibrantly green plants running the length of the steamy enclosure.