Bees

This morning there were bees swarming in the back yard. They had been living in a hole in one of the trees and were now moving to another tree. Dave decided to domesticate them. So he and Lena put on long-sleeved shirts and bee hats and went after them. Lena blew smoke at them (which apparently calms them or knocks them out or something along those lines) and Dave put a pillow case over one bunch and Lena's bee hat over the other. TJ, Louie and I were watching from the screened in porch. TJ yelled at Lena to put her hat on. To which Lena replied "Dad has it." Dave eventually managed to get them into the boxes his first bees had come in. His bee instruction book said: if possible seperate the queen from the drones. All of us looked at the angrily buzzing boxes and said it's not possible. I think they've calmed down a little, but for now they are sitting on the porch while Dave figures out how to get them to stay in the hive. A very exciting morning.