Swarms, swarms and yet more swarms

This week has seen an explosion of swarms, I would guess the sudden increase in temperatures has triggered the swarming instinct, but I am taking ten or more calls a day from householders fairly keen to lose the new additions in the garden.

This was a large swarm in Tydd St Mary, just a few miles from me. I had dropped the main part of the swarm in the top of the hive before closing it, the rest are making their way in

This one was in a garden in Spalding, and 2 year old George thought they were lovely and wanted to play with them. The Bee Movie has a lot to answer for.

This one had been on the side of a greenhouse for several days before I was called and had been terrorising the local cat population that use the path as a right of way.  It had actually built a small patch of comb on the glass.










Unfortunately I am also taking calls from people who have sprayed the swarm with wasp poison and would like me to come and clear up the resulting mess.  Its sad that the first reaction of some people is to kill before finding out what it is they are killing