A swarm of bees make a visit

Late last week, I was alarmed by what sounded like a commotion outside only to be greeted by a swarm of bees swirling around a tree. It looked like they were in some battle of sorts at first, but it turns out they were just preparing a ‘camping’ spot for the day. And night.

At first, they formed two lumps of themselves along a single branch and eventually huddled themselves into one bundle at the further end of another branch on the same tree.

I noticed that they would leave pockets of space between them while banding together, almost like in a series of huge cheering squad pyramids kind of way, only that they were in the direction of gravity instead of against it. This must be to allow circulation of air to the core, where the queen probably is.

It got me thinking of the Hive vs Steem blockchain, where a different scenario happened. Two communities splitting from a single community. What if merging back became an appealing idea, would it be possible to merge two blockchains? Or is it impossible to merge blockchains once split? Just a thought, not a suggestion.

Bees in this state are usually looking for a suitable place to colonize. I was thinking that if I had a hive ready, I could try enticing them to make their home there. There are lots of flowering trees and bushes around, so they wouldn’t mind this location I’m sure. They have made hives close to the living quarters several times, which we have destroyed. It doesn’t make sense to keep doing that if we buy honey from time to time.

Making a few hives further off means we can have our lemons and eat them sweetened…

The music is self-composed in Garage Band, with the help of the automated drummer.