Bees

[warrior1]

My next door neighbor asked me to take a picture of the hive they found way in a tree next to their backyard fence. Yesterday he said that were down in his backyard swarming and that it looked like a twister. He's call bee people to remove and save. They think that at the time they were swarming that they must of lost their queen.

[Zodiak]

1. Didn't lose their queen

Swarming behavior occurs when a new queen is born in the hive. When that happens, the old queen takes a large population of the hive and moves elsewhere. In the middle of that cluster, there is most likely the venerable old queen trying to decide where to live next.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(honey_bee)

[warrior1]

2. Ah Thanks

that information was what the bee guy said.

[Zodiak]

3. Oh....typical of me

Spoke too soon.

[crimsonblue]

4. so that's where all those disappearing bees went. n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I read an article recently that said air pollution may be to blame...

Apparently a high level of ozone interferes with their (and other insects!) ability to follow the scent of flowers to its source.

[Parche]

6. BOO BEES

:hi:

[Inchworm]

7. Swarming bees give me the heebie jeebies

and I aint skeerd of nuttin :P

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

8. Me too, but I got an excuse.

Childhood incident involving one of those bees nests that's nestled in the ground. My older brother was the one who stepped on it, not me. But they didn't seem to care.

And he could run faster than I could.