Bee-lieve it or not

Jen, my neighbor, saw something swarming...like a mini tornado...outside her back door yesterday and could hardly make out what it was. After the swarm of insects moved from her house....to the neighbors....back to her house....and then finally the neighbors she went outside to take a look and saw this.

After doing some research, she figured out that it was a drone of honey bees. So, she called a bee keeper and he told her if they stayed there overnight (which he didn't think they would) then he would come get them in the morning and sure enough...they were still there when she woke up. So, we had the privilege this morning of watching Mr. Bee Keeper capture the bees. It was quite a sight to see. All the kids were totally amazed. There were bees swarming every around Mr. Bee Keeper and he only got stung once.

He is going to leave his bee catcher there the rest of the day and then bring us all back some home grown honey when he returns this evening! Yum. Yum. What a great science lesson right outside our door.