A Queen’s visit

Canon M50 300mm F11 1/6 sec ISO 100

A relaxed Saturday afternoon. I'm sitting in my backyard, engrossed in a book, when suddenly I hear a loud strange noise. While Looking up at the sky, I see a black cloud between the white clouds. Soon I realize this is no ordinary cloud, and the buzzing of thousands of bees becomes clearer.

Since my cousin is a beekeeper and I have grown up with bees, I know not to panic. I sit quietly, and the swarm of bees passes me and disappears to the front of my house. I follow the hive at an appropriate distance. The queen has now chosen a small tree in my front yard as a new place to live, and the rest of her tribe also resides in my tiny tree.

Iphone X 28mm F1.8 1/649 sec ISO 20

I am honored that these beautiful animals have chosen my garden, but I soon realize this is not a suitable place for the bees and the people who walk by here daily.

Of course, I first thought of my cousin, who has always had bees but was forced to stop with this hobby during his student years. Still, I call him.

"I have a beautiful swarm of bees. Are you interested in picking up your hobby again?" Less than half an hour later, he is standing next to me.

But I hold him back briefly before he starts removing the swarm.

I'll never get another chance like this. The ball with bees hangs very still in my little tree, the weather is excellent, and the bees are very friendly.

No one has been stabbed yet. Of course, I quickly took some pictures with my phone, but I knew they would be even more beautiful with my photo camera.

Canon M50 70mm F11 1/15 sec ISO 100

Canon M50 228mm F8.0 1/30 sec ISO 100

After this beautiful close-up photo, I was satisfied, and my cousin could do his thing.

With a cigar in his mouth, smoke numbs the bees a bit, and he manages to get the swarm of bees into the hive with a few shakes. He places the pack near the small tree so all the bees still flying around can join their queen.

Iphone X 78mm F2.4 1/247 sec ISO 16

Iphone X 32mm F1.8 1/656 sec ISO 20

Now we have to wait until night falls, then all the bees will be in the hive, and it can be moved to a suitable, quiet place.

Canon M50 228mm F8.0 1/30 sec ISO 100

They found a nice spot in my cousin's garden. He later sends me pictures of the honeycomb the bees have made in my front yard filled with honey over the past few hours.

Talk about busy bees.

The first jar of honey is reserved for me. I'm sure it will taste delicious. It will be unique honey because these bees are too. Not one person had been stung all day.

Amazing, right?

Let's all take care of these beautiful insects.

Our Bee-autiful bees

Their new home