Friday, October 23, 2009

Bees!

Last Saturday D.J. and I were going on a walk. We were kind of getting tired so we decided to go sit in a tree. We sat down in the tree and heard buzzing. It kind of sounded like flies on something dead, but then I saw bugs buzzing around a tree. I thought they were wasps and I was thinking about running (because I have wasp phobia) but I realized they didn't look like wasps. After a while of watching, I borrowed my brother's jacket and wrapped it around my head so if they were wasps they couldn't inflict as much damage to my head. I slowly approached. As I got closer, I became more and more sure that they weren't wasps. That's when I realized that they were bees! I slowly walked a little closer and realized that they looked like honey bees. There were two openings in the tree. One was a hole about three or four feet off the ground, the other was a small crack about three or four feet from the top of the tree. They weren't aggressive and it was really fun watching them. I now know that they are honey bees. It is really odd because we've never seen honey bees in a hollow tree before! It's also really neat because I'm thinking about becoming a beekeeper. Here are some pictures:


The lower entrance.


A few bees I took a picture of.


The entrance again.

The top entrance.


The hollow tree.

Danny

3 comments:

  1. Hi Danny

    What are you going to do with the bees?

    David

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  2. Hi David,

    I'm probably going to wait to do anything until spring.

    Danny

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  3. This is SO neat! I have wasp phobia, too - especially yellow jackets, which live around here in large numbers. They will just land on you and sting you, with malice aforethought, for no reason. I had a terrible time in the fall, especially, when I was sun bathing. Nasty creatures.

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