A golden humming cloud of honeybees arrived unexpectedly one sunny June morning and moved into a knothole in the siding of the house. Three weeks later, Mr. E. helped these mysterious creatures into a comfy wooden box in his garden and began to live the lifelong dream of herding millions of stinging insects and collecting their sweet honey. Please enjoy the adventures of Mr. E's Mysterious Bees.





October 24, 2011

There she is...

someone sent me a link to this video of a beekeeper in Louisiana catching a swarm and then later luring the swarm onto his hand by holding the queen in a queen clip.  The bees move to be close to their queen.  I have watched all 43 of his videos where he catches swarms in various rooftops, birdhouses, and other spots.  He uses no gloves or veil and calmly scoops clumps of bees up into his bare hand searching for the queen before he dumps them into a waiting box.  My favorite part, listen for it, is where he says in his lovely Cajun drawl, "There she is."  when he spots the queen. 

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