sunbathing with swarming bees.
I mowed my backyard yesterday, in the buff which is the norm. I noticed a honeybee or two coming and going from an old wooden barrel that is part of my landscaping. I did not think much about it. I finished up mowing and came inside to check emails for a few minutes and went back out. The backyard was literally humming with thousands of swarming honey bees. I sat in my lawn chair and watched them congregate around the barrel. I got the camera and took some pics some as close as only a few feet away from it. It was hard to see the 2ft tall barrel for all the bees.All of this done nude, with never a bee bothering me. Later I sat in the hot tub and did have a few bees come check out the water source. For some reason they found the cover latch fascinating. One bee did decide to do the backstroke in the tub, but I fished him out. Now the bees come and go from the barrel. Hopefully they will stick around and pollinate all summer.
That sounds really cool! You're much braver than me - I would appreciate them from a much larger distance. Glad to hear you're letting them hang around and not calling an exterminator. With all the weird bee hive failures going on in recent years they need all the help they can get.
Happened to me at a small, rustic resort nearby where we used to
live. Bee hives and swarms were a big deal around this time ... the
killer bees had made their presence known and everyone was calling
911 every time they saw a hive or swarm and wanted us to come out
and foam them. Luckily, we had training prior and called bee
keepers that were as busy as we were.
I had visited DPR for the day several times. This particular day, I
was alone on the pool deck and never noticed the hive about 10 ft
above my head. I was tanning my backside and started to doze when I
heard female voices. I turned my head slightly and noticed two
females now on the pool deck. I turned my head and dozed off again.
Not sure how long it was but I felt someone touch my shoulder and
as I turned to see who it was, it was one of the females I'd see
previously. She said ... "ah, I think you may want to move over
closer to us. There's a bee hive over your head and they are
buzzing around quite a bit more than they were a while ago." I
rolled over and sure enough, something had bothered them and they
were a bit agitated.
I slowly got up from my lounge and grabbed my bag and towel and was
headed over to the other side of the pool when the girls said, "you
can come over here and sit with us." I took them up on their offer
and made two new friends that day. They told me all about their
park and the people. Come to find out that one of the girls was
actually going to the same college where my wife taught and she'd
taken a class from her. Luckily, she liked the class and my wife.
hahahahaha
The swarming bees were actually a good thing for me that day!
I'm no beekeeper, but my understanding is that swarming bees are rarely aggressive - too busy swarming to make trouble. Beekeepers love to collect wild swarms so they can set up a new hive, so if you encounter a swarm in a place where you don't want to have a bunch of bees, call a local beekeeper to collect them. Definitely don't try to kill them.
I'm no beekeeper, but my understanding is that swarming bees are rarely aggressive - too busy swarming to make trouble. Beekeepers love to collect wild swarms so they can set up a new hive, so if you encounter a swarm in a place where you don't want to have a bunch of bees, call a local beekeeper to collect them. Definitely don't try to kill them.
I agree...My grandfather was a beekeeper and had several hives and can remember on several occasions were bee would swarm on the farm and he would catch them to create a new hive...so important these days to save as many as possible with all the pesticides killing them off...and if your a honey lover always buy from local beekeepers its better for you!
Happened to me at a small, rustic resort nearby where we used tolive. Bee hives and swarms were a big deal around this time ... thekiller bees had made their presence known and everyone was calling911 every time they saw a hive or swarm and wanted us to come outand foam them. Luckily, we had training prior and called beekeepers that were as busy as we were.
Okay ... seems some have gotten the wrong idea ...
THERE WERE NO BEES HARMED on my watch! ;-)
Happened to me at a small, rustic resort nearby where we used tolive. Bee hives and swarms were a big deal around this time ... thekiller bees had made their presence known and everyone was calling911 every time they saw a hive or swarm and wanted us to come outand foam them. Luckily, we had training prior and called beekeepers that were as busy as we were.
Okay ... seems some have gotten the wrong idea ...
THERE WERE NO BEES HARMED on my watch! ;-)
I did think anybody here thought anybody harmed any of the bees...I just think we all are expressing our experiences and how harmless honey bees are when they are swarming.
I am content to let them thrive where they roosted. I live rural it and have no near neighbors to worry about, I am thrilled they took up residence. I know they won't bother me unless I mess with them and I have no intention of messing with them.
Happened to me at a small, rustic resort nearby where we used tolive. Bee hives and swarms were a big deal around this time ... thekiller bees had made their presence known and everyone was calling911 every time they saw a hive or swarm and wanted us to come outand foam them. Luckily, we had training prior and called beekeepers that were as busy as we were.
Okay ... seems some have gotten the wrong idea ...
THERE WERE NO BEES HARMED on my watch! ;-)
I did think anybody here thought anybody harmed any of the bees...I just think we all are expressing our experiences and how harmless honey bees are when they are swarming.
I was addressing post #4 and #6. ;-)
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