They found the bees
June 27th, 2008. Filed under: Asides.Wild Bee Swarms Spur Hope of Rebound
What did I tell you? That’s where they all went — they’re in basic swarming at Fort Killer Bee in Merchantville, New Jersey. Wow, I totally called this.
As the late George Carlin predicted, “Everyone’s dead, and the trees are humming.”
Updated: Strike Force Alpha has already been mobilized.
June 28th, 2008
I have two hives in my front yard as of late May.
So far, I’m totally shocked by how mellow the bees are. I drove them here from Saratoga, and even though there were eight bees on the outside of the container (as I discovered when I got home), none of them bothered to come up and sting me.
So far, even though I’ve had to enter the hives a few times and take them all apart once, I’ve only had one cranky bee come up and bounce off the veil.
Maybe my bees are draft-dodgers? I guess we’ll see!
June 28th, 2008
Well, it IS Tompkins County… :-)