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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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 Posted - Nov 18 2010 : 1:00:25 PM
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Last night it was cold and rainy here in Oregon. My horses are in pasture with no shelter. So this morning I took their blankeys out to keep them warm and help them to dry off.
Well---
I had been "storing" said blankeys in a pile on top of the well housing down in the barn. When I picked up the blankeys, I saw all this light-colored stuff and immediately thought, "Oh, no! The mice have chewed up the blankeys." Not so, it was BEES of some sort. I don't know, maybe wasps. The ones remaining were small and moving slowly (yay) but they looked like little honeybees. They ATE holes in my blankeys!!!!!! I'm not kidding. There are holes through the outer cordura, the fill and the nylon lining. I didn't know bees ate that kind of stuff and what kind of honey does that make! Two of the blankeys were chewed up. They are both fixable, but what a pain.
Fortunately, none of the horses were shivering this morning so I have time to fix the blankeys before the big storm hits.
By the way, my daughter claims that it's spelled blankies. In case you are wondering--it's a waterproof insulated "coat" for a horse, usually called a turnout. I call it a blankey to distinguish it from a saddle blanket.
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Bees and Blankeys
