Here’s a tip: The next time bees swarm in your yard, don’t spray them with RAID, find a bee-keeper to come get them. They are happy to take wild bees off your hands. Do not kill them if you can help it. Colony-collapse is a big problem and we need all the bees we can get.
Here’s a pic of a friend’s backyard last night. A large hive had spontaneously formed on her fence. Luckily, a friend of hers was a beekeeper and came out to pick them up.
Some facts I learned:
- Bees consider dark-colored things predators. That’s why bee-keeper suits are white. Even with a beekeeper suit and black socks, you run the risk of your ankles being stung.
- Bees emit a pheromone when they sting which alerts the other bees that danger is near. One sting means there may be more.
- Bees target your eyes as defense so if you start to be stung a lot, cover those.
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