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As @lovely.logic and myself were going for a walk in a near by farm we saw a cluster of bees clinging to an old Peach tree. We nearly walked right by them without noticing, but once I did I knew what was going on. During early spring the bee hives go into full production and starts making more brood. Sometimes there is not enough space in a hive for more. So a swarm will occur, meaning half the bees leave the home along with a new formed queen and look for a new home to build or move into. These bees were clustering on this tree waiting to find a better time as scouts were sent out to attempt to find a suitable location.


There were a few hundreds if not thousands of bees on that tree, I got around fifteen feet from them and did not feel in danger at all. Though I was not going to get any closer. Some would fly by as they go into the swarm or leave it, but they did not pay much attention to me what so ever.

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https://s8.postimg.cc/foc7yf96d/lens.png Lens | Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm-50mm
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https://s8.postimg.cc/r1u5wcrvp/apture.png Aperture| f/13
https://s8.postimg.cc/89iassimt/Timeexposurevalue.png Shutter Speed | 1/125 sec|
https://s8.postimg.cc/kqoyfm5z9/iso.png Film Speed| 200|
https://s8.postimg.cc/fpm5rwvlh/spectrum.png Spectrum| Visual Light
https://s8.postimg.cc/63slc3wv9/wavelengh1.png Wavelength| 380 through 700 nanometers
https://s8.postimg.cc/wd92h2lo5/location.png Location| North Georgia USA.


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A queen is deep inside that ball of bees, emitting pheromones to attract her workers and protect her. Seeing so many bees in one spot is pretty amazing, looks like a single organism.


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Later on during our visit at the farm, the bee keeper for the property showed up and removed them and placed them in a more empty hive.

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The bees picked a good location, the Peach tree was just starting to flower. A different kind than mine, maybe a variety that flowers a little later. Mine tends to form flowers really early and usually get burned by a frost before spring shows up. Wish I new what kind this was so I can grow it instead of the one I have in the future. I asked the owners of the farm but they were unsure of the variety, as it existed before they bought the farm, they must be very old.

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It was cool seeing a swarm of bees away from their hive, this is the first time I have seen such a thing.

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Watching the bee keeper do his work it reminded me of mine former hives. We talked afterwards about bees for a few minutes.

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He used a paper tower to block the opening between the two boxes, that way the swarm of bees have time to adjust to the new colony. I recorded some video of the bee keeper at work and will follow up with a post about it soon. I stood about 20-30 feet away as I did not have my suit on, amazed the bees were completely cool with me. Glad to know I am friends with them, as least as long as I keep my distance and be good neighbors to them.

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