We had a bee swarm visit us!
On Saturday 3 March a friendly swarm of honey bees decided to visit. They flew in and created an impressive and frantic swarm, then they settled on one of our fruit trees. At first there were plenty of bees flying here and there and getting caught in spider webs and things. After a little while they calmed down and politely waited while the scout bees were looking for a more permanent home.
Being Autumn I was a little surprised to see them. As you can see, they settled into a friendly little clump. Over the next few hours I grew fond of them and decided to quickly pull together a hive in which to keep them, and planned on building something better later.
Unfortunately the swarm had other ideas, and they left.
I miss my little bee swarm.
