This year is a rainy season that seems to be the rainy season, and it is raining every day.
Many people have been affected by flooding of rivers due to heavy rains from Kyushu to the Chubu region.
We would like to express our deepest sympathies to those who have been affected.

Now, in such a state, there are creatures who, like humans, find the rain to be resentful.

that is···

Inhabitants of this wooden box are "honeybees".
Because it doesn't like rain, it mostly stays in its residence.

About 300,000 bees currently live on the ranch.
By the way, here's where I live...

There is an electric fence around the perimeter, but a line is stretched as a countermeasure against that honey-loving beast.
Of course, that ferocious beast has never appeared on the ranch! ! to make sure!

By the way, about this bee, when the rain stops even temporarily,

It haunts the "lavender field" near the residence and collects nectar.
It's the middle of July, and the lavender is coming to an end,
The bees were visiting to collect the few nectar today.

This year's lavender honey is affected by the rain, so the amount of harvest is small.
Still, the taste and scent are very delicious with the scent of lavender! !

Agricultural Department
Makoto Chiba