I got to see something last night that I have never seen before, and it was really quite amazing. I wandered out to the garden last evening right at dusk and, as it turns out, about 15 minutes before it started to rain. As I got close to the hives I noticed that there were a lot of bees coming home. The more closely I looked the more bees I could see. They were coming in from all directions. I knelt down next to one of the hives and looked out and up at about a 50-60 degree angle and, over the course of a few minutes, saw thousands of bees flying straight toward me and landing on the front porches of the hives next to me. It was quite a sight.
I wonder if they were just coming home for the evening all at the same time or if they sensed that the rain was about to fall and that caused them all to return at once. I would have liked to have somehow gotten a picture but I really don't think a camera would have been able to pick it all up.
I wonder if they were just coming home for the evening all at the same time or if they sensed that the rain was about to fall and that caused them all to return at once. I would have liked to have somehow gotten a picture but I really don't think a camera would have been able to pick it all up.
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I see the same thing - it's really cool. I think bees have a storm sense - no bee wants to be caught out in the rain!
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