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Yesterday, our neighbour's children knocked on the door to tell us that there were a lot of bees around our chimney.
Sure enough, there were what looked like hundreds. When we went inside, we could hear buzzing from behind the plasterboard.
This morning, a lovely man has been out to check. We were worried they had got into the loft, but all he found were 3 or 4 dead or dying bees. There's no buzzing from the walls today, he thinks that was just a few that fell down and have died.
It looks like the main swarm has taken up residence in the chimney (which is - in theory - capped) and will be building their comb in there. He says we can expect them to swarm from there, but probably not until next year.
Now, how do I persuade my husband that this is a good omen, and we need to keep bees.....?
Sure enough, there were what looked like hundreds. When we went inside, we could hear buzzing from behind the plasterboard.
This morning, a lovely man has been out to check. We were worried they had got into the loft, but all he found were 3 or 4 dead or dying bees. There's no buzzing from the walls today, he thinks that was just a few that fell down and have died.
It looks like the main swarm has taken up residence in the chimney (which is - in theory - capped) and will be building their comb in there. He says we can expect them to swarm from there, but probably not until next year.
Now, how do I persuade my husband that this is a good omen, and we need to keep bees.....?
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