I dreamed I lived in a stalinist state where keeping chickens had become mandatory

[Burney]

Isn't the whole point of bees that the eat/absorb/drink nectar and in turn provide vital pollination services to our flora?

This was my understanding, r. There’s a chap on my allotments who has hives and wants us all to get into beekeeping. Given that the place is literally covered in flowering plants, I assumed it’d be(e) a doddle.
But this talk of feeding and hive temperature has put me right off.