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Going out to do my endless yard chores naturally I go by to see how the girls are doing. Hmmmmm, seems to be a bit of a hub-bub. Upon closer inspection I couldn't help but notice the hundreds upon hundreds of bees in the air, many more than I've seen during any orientation flight. Then I notice bees literally streaming out of the hive. Oh no!!!!! It's the big one!
The girls are leaving home! Then I notice just as many are going back into the hive as are coming out. Throughly confused I retreated back to the house and the A/C for a brief reflection on what I had just witnessed. Five minutes later I go out to take another look. Shazam! Everything is back to normal. I mean exactly the way it looks everyday at this time. Same number of bees doing the same things. So here's the question.Were they swarming? ( I know open it up and take a look, not very appealing around here this time of year.) Or were they just in a hurry for their afternoon break on a hot, humid day. I'm inclined to think the later seeing as though while dramatic it was certainly not on the level of the bee swarming videos I've seen on you tube.
Any thoughts.
Any thoughts.