 And as near as I can tell, it's actually better for the bees than alfalfa. Alfalfa's got a lot of nectar in it, but the pollen in it is just crap. The bees really can't use it. So putting your hives out in the middle of an alfalfa field is a very dangerous thing to do if you leave them there. And there's a couple things that happen, lack of nutrition, and then the bees figure out,