Yesterday, I posted my bee photos on Facebook (cause that what we do with all awesome pics!) and tagged my friend Braja in them and asked if there was anything we should do. He said that the bees would leave on their own in a day or two, but to ensure they made it through the winter it would be best for us to call a bee keeper to come get them. I contacted the Chatham section of the Ontario Bee Associations and from there ended up talking to a bee keeper from Sombra.
The bee keeper came out this afternoon and set up a bee hive box - shown in the pics below. He said there was honey in the box that would draw the bees over. The process can be as quick as 30 minutes to as long as a day.
The fella set up the hive-box with no protective gear on; he said as the bees are in a traveling state and are not in a defensive mode, they pose no real danger- unless of course you really pissed them off!
The bee keeper said that there was several thousand bees in the swarm and the queen would be situated in the center of the swarm.
On the note of bees and honey. If you are looking for awesome honey and herbs, my friend Braja has some of the best in Canada
As the bees were taking their sweet time moving to the hive-box, the bee dude decided to leave the box here for the day and come back tomorrow to get it.
I'm happy that the bees will soon be safely in their new home. Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem and we have been losing them at an alarming rate. Without bees many of the fruits and vegetables in North America will not bear fruit as they will not be pollinated.
Two hours later the bees are all in the box! No fuss, no one got stung and the bees are not and safe! Yay!
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