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Offline rookie2531

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Heading for home.
« on: August 02, 2014, 04:21:50 pm »
I went out to just watch the entrances and noticed, a dark cloud in the distance, with thunder roaring and a cool breeze starting to blow. And just as I was thinking of them getting caught out there in bad weather, they rolled in. It was a scene I wished I could have caught on video. An awesome site as they wasted no time. Everybody in like they were all foraging out there in the same spot.
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Offline LaurieBee

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2014, 04:24:33 pm »
What a site that must have been.
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Offline AliciaH

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Re: Heading for home.
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2014, 06:04:45 pm »
I have noticed that, too!  It is quite a site!  Works better than our local weather channel!
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Online iddee

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Re: Heading for home.
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2014, 06:17:11 pm »
And that's one time you do NOT want to open the hive. They will make you think AHB are as docile as house flys in comparison.
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Offline Wolfer

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Re: Heading for home.
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2014, 08:34:48 pm »
And I can attest that what Iddee said is not theory!

In the late afternoons during the spring flow I'll often set behind a strong hive and watch the bees coming in.
I believe this is what the sky looked like at pearl harbor on dec 7 1941
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Offline Diogenes

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Re: Heading for home.
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2014, 12:21:11 am »
Yeah,

Had storms this morning. I was checking on a pair of splits (filled feeders) when the cloud flew in. Reverse swarm. Was indeed a sight to behold as the swarm of "bee bullets" flew in ahead of the rain.

I'd have been happier if "Matilda-the-hun" hadn't chosen that moment to express her displeasure at the weather by "pinking" my neck.

 8-)

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