One of my beehives swarmed today.
When the hive gets overpopulated and raises a new queen it will divide and part of it will take off to a new home. The swarm was hanging in my tangerine tree. I called the beekeeper, but before he could get here to capture it, it went away. I wish I knew where it went. Unlike the horror movie image of a swarm, it is actually not dangerous. The bees carry a food supply with them and their bellies are so distended with honey that they could not arch their backs to sting you if they wanted.
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