Yesterday our neighbor had a swam of honey bees that had deiced to "rest" while a new home was found. Our neighbor had us come over and see the bees, which looked like a pulsating "blob" of about 5,000 bees! About 4:30 pm that same afternoon, Steve, our neighbor had two bee keepers coming to contain the bees. LITTLE DID WE KNOW, THAT THE NEW HIVE WAS GOING TO BE UNDER OUR SHED IN THE BACK!!!! The bee keepers started up the tree, and the bees CLUMPED, and swarmed up and over into our yard, and then they ALL started under our shed in the back! The swam was about the size of a VW! The bee keepers jumped the fence, and Ted the younger one, covered the hole with his BEAR HAND, preventing the QUEEN and the other bees from entering the hive! He captured the QUEEN, and so the others were able to be captured quickly. I have NEVER seen so many bees in my life!!! These guys had NO bee suits! It was UNBELIEVABLE! I took about 100 pics! UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you Wilbur and Ted, the bee keepers, and Steve, for contacting these two to remove the bees. According to the bee keepers, these bees will produce about 6-8 gallons of honey by next year! WOW!
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Glad they got the bees, you wouldn't want the kids playing out there near their hive. They get angry when someone bothers them while doing their work.
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