Sunday, 7 July 2013

A swarm of bees

A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a pile of hay.

A swarm of bees in June
Is worth a silver spoon.

A swarm of bees in July
Isn't worth a fly.

This swarm of bees arrived in my garden, just by our front door in fact, today, Sunday the 7th July.  Whoopee.  I spoke to our local bee-keeping lady and she told me that they should be gone in a couple of days or so.  Well, I hope so  - I don't really need them here when we have guests.



Update: Tuesday morning, they've gone, except for a few lost-looking ones.
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5 comments:

  1. Steve7 July 2013 at 11:55

    I hope every single one of them is giving Monsanto the finger.

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  2. Helen Devries7 July 2013 at 17:08

    Choose their moment, don't they...

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  3. James Higham9 July 2013 at 07:59

    Haven't heard that one before.

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  4. The bike shed17 July 2013 at 14:15

    I thought swarms were actually quite valuable if they can be captured?
    Apologies for lack of comments recently - struggling with grief for Google Reader

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  5. Mark In Mayenne18 July 2013 at 09:08

    James, I think I heard it at junior school, from a teacher. It's up on the web so I gess it's "legit".

    Mark - it depends on the time of year, hence the rhyme.

    Helen - well they could have arrived on Friday at the same time as the guests, which would have been worse...

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