A few weeks ago on a Friday night, I had a couple of honeybees in the house. Never had them before, so it was a bit weird. I went out on the deck, that is two stores above the street, and saw that down by the mailbox it appeared that there were a few bees in a bush.
A few weeks ago on a Friday night, I had a couple of honeybees in the house. Never had them before, so it was a bit weird. I went out on the deck, that is two stores above the street, and saw that down by the mailbox it appeared that there were a few bees in a bush.
Okay, no worries. Figured that they would get what they wanted and move on. These days we need all the honeybees we can get. Right?
In the morning when I opened the doors, I could hear more bees. A lot more bees! I saw the bush and now it was covered in bees! And someone had put a hive box down by the bush. Cool. Next thing I know a honey guy was out front. Turns out a good neighbor had called this guy.
He said that the hive had moved their queen into the bush and that they had been kicked out of where they were. The drones had decided the bush was a good place to set up a new hive. The bee guy said he had gotten the queen into the box and at nightfall all the bees would be inside the hive. He would come back after dark and pick them up.
He did. The bees are gone to make honey in a new home. All is good.
Thanks for listening.
Shibui