RE: Bees

Well, Jim, I've only seen this once before when a queen bee took up
residence on an old thorn tree in the far corner of our property.  Dad
explained that the outer swarm was covering/protecting their queen and the
layers of duty the different bees took.  We watched for a couple of hours
and when it looked like they were taking up a permanent residence there, Dad
got on the phone and called a local be keeper.  (I was terribly allergic to
bee stings.)  The bee keeper came out, cut the limb off the tree and took it
with him, all the bees still attached.  I would imagine these days a bee
keeper would use a smoker as you don't want your sago damaged!


Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of james singer
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 7:34 PM
To: Garden Chat
Subject: [CHAT] Bees

Looked out the front door a few minutes ago, and--
http://snipurl.com/rhq7 --a swarm of bees has camped out across the patio on
one of the presumed dead trunks of the queen sago. If you go to the picture,
then click on "next picture" you should get an enlargement of the proximate
middle of the swarm. Very hard to photograph--the wings of those on the
outside are flapping exceeding fast to keep that mass cool at the core.

Step one was to admire the swarm from as close as I could get comfortably.
Step two was to photograph them. I have no idea what step three is.

Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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