Our bees swarmed this weekend. What an adrenaline rush!
I was out in the yard tending to my 21 baby chicks and felt this vibration in the air and then heard this amazing sound of bees buzzing. The bees were circling everywhere in the air. I know nothing about bee raising. We found them accumulating on a branch and watched as the branch became a black coat of bees. My 22 year old son, Oliver, the beekeeper, who was at that moment driving home from college, directed us via cell phone (my other son Oren and my husband Rich, who is allergic to bees), on how to get them into the new nuc box.
It was a comedy of errors.
My fifteen year-old son standing on a ladder with a broom, me with a box to catch the bees resting on my head as Oren brushes them into the box saying ”I HATE BEES!”
And my husband standing about 15 feet away directing me to move forward, move back, to get right under the tree.
OH dear! What a scene! But we captured the queen and the swarm followed and my son checked on them the following morning and said “Nice job!”
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Found this that reminded me of the craziness that can ensue when around a swarm of bees! Good thing you knew what to do – or at least had your son to direct you and another son to help
) http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/137862/10000_angry_bees_trap_a?utm_medium=sm&utm_source=facebook&utm_content=thestir_fanpage
It is amazing to see bees swarm, but actually bees are docile and the words “angry” are not accurate. But that said, I was dripping with sweat as these bees surrounded me and also as clumps of them dropped inches form my face to make it into the box! I managed only one sting! Oren got several on his hands as he was not wearing gloves. ( now he really hates bee’s !)