Swarm Of 30,000 Bees "Turned The Sky Black"

[Cheryl Nelson]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7893487/Swarm-of-30000-bees-that-turned-the-sky-black.html

[Dianna Spencer]

From the last couple of years of the bee populations disappearing, around here you hardly EVER saw even one. This week, when I stepped outside, there were many, probably about 20 or so, on my red sedum plants... I thought, Great, the bees are back.. but, this article puts that fact in a new light.

[Cheryl Nelson]

That's what I wondered, Paris.

[edina]

This is on my list of things to do, I missed my opportunity this year to order bees for our hives, so if I am not able to order bees to be delivered next spring, due to earth changes stopping that sort of activity, then I'll have to see if I can catch a swarm from my neighbor's hive. He just started his hive this year, so it would be a few years before the colony would grow large enough to swarm. I believe an average colony is about 80,000 bees, so when they swarm, or one colony sort of spins off of another it may be normal to be 30,000.
I'd say, grab a swarm trap, capture that swarm and put them in a hive. :0)
It's good to know how loud this swarm was, I don't remember reading about this is my research. Bees sense when you're nervous, and a human's nervousness makes them nervous. Loud noises are hard on me, so this is good information. I'll also make sure my neighbor knows about it, too. thanks again Cheryl

[Paris]

What do the bees know that we don't?