Amazing

[Olivia9801]

You dont get fed up in seeing swarms arrive, but I have traps set up in a large area amongst my friends and family and so far I have had lots of the normal interest by scout/working bees, but no swarms have moved in.

However........... I got three colonies in our field and have just watched a second swarm arrive on my own apiary in 3 days!

The first arrived late Monday and landed in a circle 6feet from one of my hives. My daughter had to avoid going up that end of the field as there wee so many flying about as they arrived.

Then, to add to that, an hour ago I came home from work and popped up to check on the hives only to see chaos as thousands of bees were flying at speed around another hive. I came in to get the camera and on returning found they had landed on the front of another hive again nearby that contained a small colony and had smothered the face/entrance of it, before moving in!

It will probably be like "gunfight in the old coral" shortly as the two colonies mix.....or try to!

Am disappointed it's all over!

 

[enrico]

The wonder of a swarm will never leave me.e

 

[coffindodger]

To make you laugh.

Last week swarm in tree. Low branch. Used rope to hold branch for drop into box. Twig snapped. Branch shot up. Swarm as a complete ball shot up to a higher branch and was settled there in a matter of seconds. Couldn't reach it ;-)

 

[Brigsy]

Haha!

 

[colinc]

To make you laugh.

Last week swarm in tree. Low branch. Used rope to hold branch for drop into box. Twig snapped. Branch shot up. Swarm as a complete ball shot up to a higher branch and was settled there in a matter of seconds. Couldn't reach it ;-)

Brilliant.


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