… have this lot head towards you … happily passing to my right but way too close - only a couple of yards, if that.
First time I’ve seen a (presumably) honey bee swarm on the move, and I’ve no idea what prompted them. The photos on the left are blown up segments of those on the right.
Prospect Park, Reading, UK
Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800 (at 200mm in this case)
One day I thought I was being buzzed by an airplane, I heard this really loud hum. I stuck my head up from where I was working and saw a gigantic swarm of bees coming at me. I ducked and they went right over my head. It was exactly like you see in cartoons except they didn’t turn into a big arrow or anything.
They are really inoffensive when they swarm. I was confronted with my first swarm of bees last year. We somehow ended up brushing them from under the ceiling into a hive box, one of us standing on a ladder, while wearing flip flops and pajamas. Not a single bee sting.
Yes, it’s a lovely theory, and it’s wildly unproductive for bees to sting unless they really really need to, so probably true, but when faced with that lot … twitch
There they were, wanting you to adopt them, and you twitched away. Next time!
Thank you for the laugh!
Tbf the ladder+flip flops combo has probably killed more people than bees.
I volunteered for holding the box up and risking being hit on the head with a swarm of bees and/or the flip flop wearer
Pretty cool shot, and experience. I’ve never heard of honey bees relocating like that. Ya it would have got you heart pumping
