You might have preferred just the lovely green & gold shot of the honeycomb, but then you would have missed the creepy swarm of bees and the sight of them being extracted from inside my garage walls! The lovely bee-man had to demolish the brickwork before he could access the comb and take it away. (sigh - it has cost a fortune & I did not even get any honey!!)
They are not great photos, ( I was actually hiding inside & shooting through curtains) but I am tired of fighting with PS tonight and I still have not set up my LR print & export settings on the new laptop to do the collage in there.
gaaaaaaaah! yeah... shame about the honey - but glad the bees are gone... i love wildlife - as long as it stays in the wild... not so happy when it starts to invade my home!
@northy I started out hoping the bees would not get hurt, but in then I only wanted them gone. Now, if I could only have got the bee-man man to take that darn possum that keeps sleeping in there as well...
@teiko thanks Emilie - the apiarist was very passionate about keeping the whole swarm safe and transplanted the comb into the boxes on site as well. It was fascinating to watch (from behind glass windows!).
@ltodd They are precious little beings for sure - intelligent and sensitive. I am glad you have a good apiarist to care for them :). I would not want that responsibility either.
I think this is great...tells a really good story.
I am sorry you didn't get any honey for all the hassle.
I love honey. And I really like the idea of keeping bees.
Lovely collage,
Oh my gosh, this is happening for you! We appreciate the part where you increase the bee population, but Im sure you didn't want to share space quite that closely!
Did they burrow down into that beam of wood? Amazing little creatures, but like you I wouldn't want to be out there when they were being taken away. Behind a window is just fine! They are really great set of storytelling pictures.
@dyanstevens - they built the hive down and around the beam of wood. There was a small entrance about 1 brick wide and they flew into and built the hive inside a hollow brick pillar. Can you see there are actually five separate honeycombs hanging into the wall space. It was choco-block full of hive & bees hanging down about 4 feet from the top. The honey smell once it was opened up was surprisingly very strong. I still get shivers now just looking at the swarm!
I am sorry you didn't get any honey for all the hassle.
I love honey. And I really like the idea of keeping bees.
Lovely collage,