Wild Bee Swarm
A wild bee swarm settled in a Wilden Marsh hawthorn bush today, not the first time this has happened. Seven years ago, too late in the season for the bees to survive, a swarm chose this particular hawthorn bush to build a nest; I arranged for a local beekeeper to rescue and overwinter the colony. I will leave this new and larger colony to build and live in their nest.
Wild bee swarm on Wilden Marsh (photographed by Andy Harris)
Years ago when we kept bees, we would get swarms like that.
What an interesting sight!
Yes, Anne. I am grateful for any wild critter that decides to settle on Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve.
🙂 I used to put ads in the paper for these (for me to get) when i kept bees many years ago. 🙂
Not so many swarms about these days, Tom. Hopefully thing will improve because more people are voicing their concerns about the future for bees and nature in general.