Weather: Sept. Daily Weather, Part II What's happening in your yard?, 0 by henryr10

henryr10 wrote:
Well it was sunny and cool here today.
We finished cleaning up the twigs and such....
And started Framing the FPR!

Then a weird thing happened.
We heard a loud buzzing sound.
Looking at the Hummer feeder closest to us we found out why.
W/ all the trees and limbs down I never gave a thought to displaced Honey Bee hives...
A swarm landed in the Backyard.
Swarming bees (in the North at least) are usually never dangerous.
They are generally fed to the gills and very tame.
These guys were starved.. and a little aggressive.
I've worked hives before and recognized the sound.
So we let them feed... they calmed WAY down and started humming not buzzing.
Then they flew away.
In mass so a Queen must have been w/ them.
I hope they make a home in the backyard Maple.
It's been years since we've had a Bee Tree.

A small batch of them early on...
Shot thru the window as I didn't want to dig out the 'Bee Garb'

Ric