In the spring, Martin hung a small bee hive in one of the trees in our yard. He was hoping to catch a swarm in late spring. We kept watching the box, but there was no activity.
At the end of May, we saw a large number of bees flying around in and out of the hive. In our naivety, we thought we had a swarm. But, they were there only for an hour or so and then, gone. We kept watching hoping for more activity, but there was none.
We were told that those were the scouts, so be patient.
One hot afternoon in late June, we heard a sonorous buzzing over the tops of the trees. What is it? Where is it? We couldn’t see anything in the air or on the trees, but we sure heard something very loud.
In minutes, we both saw and heard a huge swarm of bees filling the air and making as it were, a bee line for the box. The scouts came back with many companions. You’ll see in the video how huge the swarm was that clung to the bee box.
Martin came in the early morning the next day when it was too cool for the bees to be active. He took them back to the farm and placed them in one of his comfy big bee boxes where they are thriving.
Back at the farm, there were two more swarms that Martin relocated to the big bee hives. All are doing well. How sweet it is… or God willing, will be. We sure have some great friends - thousands of them!
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