Does sharing information make a difference? Sometimes it is hard to know.
Here is a story of how one woman sharing information, saved a hive of bees from certain death.
Last weekend my neighbor, Anne told me we had bees going in and out of a box my DH had left at the side of the house. I went to check it out. Indeed, there were a LOT of bees buzzing in and out. It definitely wasn’t an option to leave it alone.
Anne said if we had a pesticide spray, she would kill them for us. I told her I would have DH do it that night when the bees were calmer.
Well, later that day we were out and talking to Anne, who had remembered a woman she met at the county fair who would come and relocate hives. I thought that was a great idea (seeing how honey bees are disappearing), so I went in and Googled it. I found the site: Backyard Bees and gave Janet a call.
After playing phone tag for a few days and then convincing my DH it was worth $75 to do this, we finally had them out this morning and they relocated our bees. There was a whole big swarm of bees in the box. It looked alot like this (but in a box) 
I can’t help but think if Janet hadn’t been at the county fair and talked to my neighbor, Anne about bee relocation and if Anne hadn’t told me what she learned, then those bees would be dead today.
A whole hive of bees saved, because people shared information!
Information is powerful stuff! Tomorrow I am going to share how this relates to birth.
That’s great to hear! Honey bees are facing such terrible declines, every hive is precious. Thank you.
Did I ever tell you about the roving hive that landed in our backyard in Cali last spring? It was crazy!!! This CLOUD of bees came zooming over the neighbor’s fence about 5 minutes after the girls and I had gone in for lunch. They all huddled on that eucalyptus that was on the berm behind the house but hung over into our yard–it looked *exactly* like that picture you posted. It was very, very cool–and creepy–to watch. And then, out of nowhere, they up and flew off for somewhere else. Bees are so cool. I can’t wait to read your post. 🙂
Being a beekeeper I am happy to hear that the swarm was not exterminated. It can be creepy or scary to see but bees are often most docile when they swarm, although in general most honey bees are docile. Many people work their hives without veils, gloves, or suits, and rarely get stung. Anyways, the point is: their main focus when swarming is finding a new home, so they are not teritorial because they have nothing to protect at that point.
It sounds like the bees had decided to make their hive in your box. =0) So they may have been more territorial than when they are swarming.
Anyways, kudos to you for not just killing them. =0)