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  • #1

    Wow!!!!

    Just got home after a very long French lunch to find the house full of bees. On investigation they were congregating round the chimney. What to do? Well I lit the fire not for the heat but for smoke. After a while they dispersed to form a swarm in a nearby tree. The noise was incredible. First they formed two clumps one on the trunk and one on a branch. The one on the branch gradually joined the one on the trunk and at the moment they are just hanging there. The smoke persuaded them not to take up residence in the chimney, thank goodness. A friend has them in the chimney and is having great trouble getting them removed.

    Never seen a swarm before, quite fascinating. Sorry can't seem to add pictures.

    Oh, it did work,
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    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet
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    Wow indeed! Gosh you were lucky to be able to get them out of the house, that was smart thinking. Fantastic pics!
    Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
    Endless wonder.

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    • #3
      Goodness me! quick thinking on lighting the fire, well done.
      A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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      • #4
        I assume you want rid of them, if they are still in the tree.

        A local beekeeper would welcome a free colony. Here in the UK, the beekeeping associations have contact details for 'swarm catchers' Most don't charge for their time, after all they are getting a free colony of bees, but some will always try and 'win' twice ... being paid and a free colony.

        In 2013 a friend of mine had to pay £300 for a nucleus (small colony) of bees to put in their new hive

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        • #5
          That's impressive as hell! Good thinking , my missus just said "omg that's like something out of a horror movie"....

          That single sentence predicts the wailing that would occur had it been our house.

          Keep us posted on what happens please!


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          • #6
            Apparently there was a huge swarm in the middle of London today - they were taken off to the beehives on the roof of Westminster Cathedral! Pleased to hear there are several hives in the middle of the capital.
            Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by wbmkk View Post
              I assume you want rid of them, if they are still in the tree.

              A local beekeeper would welcome a free colony. Here in the UK, the beekeeping associations have contact details for 'swarm catchers' Most don't charge for their time, after all they are getting a free colony of bees, but some will always try and 'win' twice ... being paid and a free colony.

              In 2013 a friend of mine had to pay £300 for a nucleus (small colony) of bees to put in their new hive
              We did ring a local but unfortunately he was away but his wife said that if they were still there in a day or two he would like to know. For the moment we will leave them to their own devices and see what happens. They don't worry us as we are used to hornets quite close to the house.

              I will let you know what happens.
              Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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              • #8
                Well they are still in the tree this morning, move up a bit but still in a tight cluster.
                Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                • #9
                  Time to build a hive Roitelet
                  Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                  • #10
                    Don't think so! Just had to light the fire again as they are showing great interest I the chimney again!
                    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                    • #11
                      Something like this?
                      Swarm of bees surround woman in middle of London's Victoria | Mail Online

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                      • #12
                        Yep, just like that!
                        Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                        • #13
                          Difficult to believe but there I was doing a but of pottering in the garden when another swarm arrived!!!

                          Are they trying to tell me something?
                          Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                          • #14
                            Now come along lass..that lot is worth at least €600....either get yrself a couple of hives ....or flog them on leboncoin!!!!!...they'll be snapped up!
                            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                            Location....Normandy France

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by roitelet View Post

                              Are they trying to tell me something?
                              Yup...you've got the best garden in the neighbourhood!
                              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                              Location....Normandy France

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