Last Friday I was visited by a large swarm of bees who decided

Well, that didn’t happen! Sunday, found the bees creating a small swarm under the
lilac tree. Don advised doing a couple of things but the swarm stayed,
in the cold and rain. The possibility was raised that in the original
swarm had been two queens, rare but not unheard of. So once again, Don
made the trip and gathered bees (which he put in the cab of his truck
where it was warm for the ride home. Definitely braver than me!).
I don’t know if there is any place to post Don’s phone
number (802-522-4929) but should anyone have a wild swarm show up in
their yards, I would highly recommend him. There is no cost involved and
Don is happy to share his knowledge and safely remove the bees.
I have never seen anything like this happen, but I'm glad Geri took the trouble to find someone who could take proper care of those bees. I looked up the process of swarming and found quite a lot of information. Click here to read about it.
I wonder if the warming trend we are generally experiencing might have something to do with the bees swarming this late in the summer and they might even manage to create a new home hive before really cold weather sets in. It's a complicated process - but nature sometimes needs a little help from humans, and this was likely one of those times.
I wonder if the warming trend we are generally experiencing might have something to do with the bees swarming this late in the summer and they might even manage to create a new home hive before really cold weather sets in. It's a complicated process - but nature sometimes needs a little help from humans, and this was likely one of those times.
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