Today we witnessed something that I have only ever seen twice before in my life - a bee swarm. We were outside working when I heard the noise, and there, coming across the yard about 20 feet up was a dark cloud of thousands of bees, in a sort of circling, moving mass. It was an astonishing sight. Our old dog, oblivious, was flat out asleep in the sun. I ran through the house to call him indoors, lest they should descend upon him. He came to the whistle - I quickly grabbed my camera and cautiously went back out. The swarm was moving across our garden and I watched as it descended onto the building roof. The whole mass seemed to contract as they settled on the woodwork and in a few minutes all had gone quiet.
I did a bit of research about them. They are probably on a 'stopover' while the scouts are sent out looking for a permanent home.
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