That’s what I remember as well, at least “in the strictest sense”.
But in that case, the idea was the honey was destined to be something for the other bees. Not sure if worms and bats benefit from castings and guano. Guano in particular, since they leave it on my stoop.
A link to earlier chapters of our bat journal. Last summer we stage an exclusion project after they ended up in our HVAC.
