A gathering of sorts ….. in The odd entries from life …….

We had an unusual event to day, when I was by an open window I heard a droning sound, I went out and looked down the side of bungalow; over a tree there were hundreds of bees flying about in a agitated state. After closing all the windows I walked round to the back, and there was a swarm, I haven’t seen one before with my own eyes, I was stood there trying to remember what I was told by my late friend Terry, he was a beekeeper.

I recall him having several hives as work, there was a plant course who had gardens and greenhouses; they were happy to have bees close by. At the end of June we had the degree show, on one show night two of his hives swarmed, Terry was there dressed up in his beekeeper cloths, and a few noticed round the area ‘Bees swarming, please keep away’ As he was getting one swarm into a basket and was about to rap the swarm in a blanket he was aware of a suited gent with a glass of wine looking over his shoulder ….

We were considering getting a beekeeper in when it started raining, a little after the rain had stopped I went to see what was happening, the were a few bees coming and going; the swarm had gone ….

As for the suited gent Terry told him he could get badly stung, he had thought it was a display put on for the degree show, he said ‘Oh’ and backed out of sight!