The bees swarmed. Leaving behind those old friends, [who wished to stay]: taking the most loved Queen.
It was time.
“Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.”–Dean Koontz, Bestselling author
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
❤ Dean Koontz is an outstanding writer – his stories are philosophical and straight from the heart [even when they scare the wits out of you 😉 ].
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I like his stuff!
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I hope they didn’t wander too far from your flower garden!
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Me too!
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Lulu: “We get bee swarms through here sometimes! They usually don’t stay long. Once Dada was outside mowing the lawn and some bugs kept headbutting him and he finally noticed they were bees from a passing swarm giving him a warning before they stung. Boy did he come in the house fast then!”
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Bees in swarms never sting. It’s an amazing thing
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🐝Were they living in the tree branch? It’s always a mystery when they up and leave ~ It will be interesting to see if they come back.
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They never come back. They gather and then leave for somewhere, but not back here.
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They were living in that tree. We call it the bee tree, Bees have lived there for over 60 years
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My that looks like quite a bunch of bees, I wonder what disturbed them?
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It was just time to swarm. They seem to swarm every other year.
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It’s amazing the way they swarm in spring … wonderful bees ❤️
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Yes! Do you keep bees?
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No but we used to have them here years ago .. a couple of neighbours have them though 😊
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🙂 I think they would be lots of work.
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So true. I’m still hoping to find a swarm from Stella’s bees somewhere this spring.
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I hope you do too. Do you keep bees now? and make honey? Or are you like me and just let them live in the tree. We call it the bee tree
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