the queen must have been at the swing, which explains why the swarm of bees keep going back there to that spot. Interesting read, but destroying that swing is vandalism, isn't it? I figured if they had waited till dark and plug that hole in the wall, the problem would have been solved with much less destruction.
the queen must have been at the swing, which explains why the swarm of bees keep going back there to that spot. Interesting read, but destroying that swing is vandalism, isn't it? I figured if they had waited till dark and plug that hole in the wall, the problem would have been solved with much less destruction. ...
From reading a couple of pages of the thread I gathered the swing was in his sister's back yard, so I assumed it was hers. The hole in the house behind his sister's is where they came from. As reported in the thread (by someone claiming to be a former bee-keeper) the clustering happens when a new queen reaches maturity and convinces a portion of the hive to leave the old queen and go with her. They were looking to build a new hive. Plugging the hole would be a great idea as the old hive, and all the bees that didn't leave with the new queen, are likely still in there.
Originally posted by crayon:
... Nice catch Dave!
Not my images, I just found the thread funny -- just did not expect it to excalate into bee inferno it did.
I was so disgusted that I didn't even finish looking at it. What the ignorant idiot didn't know was that he was pretty safe. When bees swarm in search of a new home they first gorge themselves, and are so full that most of them can't even bend their bodies enough to inject a stinger.
Gee, he must have felt like a real man, killing like that....
I'm no bee-hugger, and if some bees want to build a hive in the back yard where my children play they're going to be exterminated, even if I have to buy a new swing set.
I was out in the bush all alone staking mining claims once, and while blazing the trail between a couple of claim posts I got five wasp 'stings' on my arms & body after walking over a nest. I've spent many summers being chewed on by deer flies, horse flies, moose flies, black flies, mosquitos, spiders, and who knows what else. Now I don't care whether or not it's going to sting me, if it makes a buzzing noise and I can hear it, it's going to die.
My hats off to the gas-bombers, it looked like fine entertainment.
I used to keep bees. Complete and utter morons in that video. Had they waited 20 minutes that swarm would have left. They cant make a home out of a swing set. And on top of that when bees swarm like that they are at their most docile. They are not protecting their hive or food supply - they are just splitting from their previous hive as it got too big to support them all. Idiots!
It is also far enough south that they could have been Africanized. I like bugs myself (despite the ladybug killing), but I'd tend to get rid of a swarm of honeybees like that.
I'm with Slippy on this one. A swarm of bees in the backyard where my kids play means there are going to be a lot of dead bees.
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :)
I'm with Slippy on this one. A swarm of bees in the backyard where my kids play means there are going to be a lot of dead bees.
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :)
I'm happy for you all.
Bees = Allergic reaction = A shot with an epi pen + a trip to the hospital
I'll kill a billion bees before I expose my kid that risk.
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :)
What about educating your kids about the usefulness of fire? ;-P
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :)
What about educating your kids about the usefulness of fire? ;-P
Lol, I'll leave that up to the experts like you ;)
