Tag: grounds

I noticed a few honeybees collecting coffee grounds from my compost bin the other day when it was 50 degrees in January. I’ve heard many times that they do this, but I had never seen it until then. I posted it to FB and the speculation and conjecture began immediately. Comments ranged from “That is very bad for them! Remove the coffee at once!” to “They may be after something we don’t know about.” I can’t be the only person out here with coffee grounds on a compost pile, and I tend to think the bees know better than me.