Bee Preservation General Buzz Island Bees Learn About Bees Removals What’s up with compost bins? June 29, 2017 Ken Harmeyer We had three calls for bees in compost bins in as many weeks. That is a record for us, usually we get maybe one or two for the whole bee season. It is warm and mostly dry inside. There is usually room to build and is protected, whats not to like.