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| The dovecote where the two swarms of bees came from |
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| The big swarm in an apple tree |
Yesterday we said goodbye to two swarms of bees who had recently occupied two fruit trees at La Cote, we think that there my have been as many as 50 000 bees in total! We would really like to have some honey from the bees but we are not quite ready to start bee keeping so through friends locally we found good homes for the bees and more crucially somone who knew what they were doing to come and collect the two swarms safely! They did end up looking a bit like Martians though with all of the protective gear.... next time we will be ready to start our own hives! :-)
