If you build it....they will come.

The pictures don't really do the scene justice. It was CRAZY! And, noisy. You'll probably want to click on the picture to see it full-sized. Trust me, there were lots.

Chris has been working on cleaning up some old beehives we got in the hopes that we'd get bees later this year or next. They needed to be cleaned out and spruced up a bit. It's quite a tedious process and isn't even half way done. Today I was standing in the kitchen and one of the kids yelled for me to look out the window. What we saw was straight out of a killer bee movie. Thousands and thousands and THOUSANDS of bees were swarming our yard. Sky high and as wide as we could see out our windows. Yes, I was a little freaked. The kids were all screaming and worried about Roxy and the chickens and there was no way to get to them through the bees. I called Chris and he was like a kid in a candy store. He was so excited and so jealous that he wasn't here. Slowly they started funneling into the hives and the coast was clear. It was a pretty freaky scene. I'm sure I'm going to have several kids in my bed tonight with scary dreams involving bees. I guess we'll be starting this little bee adventure sooner than expected. Apparently, from what Chris has gathered from bee experts around town, we are very fortunate. Usually you have to find a swarm and move it into your hive. Ours just showed up. We still will have to wait and see if they stay permanently but for now, we have bees.