Bees gather at Library

[chichirara]

Yesterday about 3.00pm I saw a massive swarm of bees all over the traffic light outside the library! Why/

Sorry just seen other thread

[intexasatthe moment]

Don't know the technical stuff properly but apparently it's something to do with a healthy hive growing and the bees needing more room so they grow a queen and split off from the main hive.

Think it's more involved than that - bees very clever.

I saw the swarm ( and the unnecessary hysteria from several members of the public ) and luckily was able to contact my friend who was visiting from Cornwall. She has years of bee keeping experience and she rescued said swarm with the aid of a net curtain and gardening gloves for protection and the loan of a fantastic ladder from the public spirited DIY shop

(tu)PLOUGH HOMECRAFT (tu)

To whom a HUGE thankyou.

But and this is a big but - she was only just in time . The police had called Southwark Pest Control and they had arrived ready to destroy them .

How terrible when bees are dying at an alarming rate. Couldn't there be some sort of system where there was a rota of local beekeepers on call to rescue any swarms and the police/ Southwark had their numbers ?

[SeanMacGabhann]

There is already a thread open about this which may interest -

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