Swarm

This evening I walked out in the front yard and was talking to my neighbor out in the street. I turned and kind of scanned the yard when something caught my eye. I thought someone had thrown up in the grass at first glance. As I tried to focus and figure out what it was I thought is was a big pile of dog food. None of this was making sense and as I approached the pile I finally saw what it actually was, a swarm of bees. I had walked right by them only a few minutes before. Pretty crazy. 

Jack came outside and when I told him about them he kind of froze and then scooted around the perimeter of the yard as far away from the bees as possible. Andy came out and did the same thing. When Natty came out she just froze and wouldn't move.

I ended up contacting our dishwasher Linda. She does some farming and has had bees in the past. She came and picked up the swarm and put them in a hive box. It was dark when they came but her and her husband just picked them up and put them in the box. There was a little bit of aggression displayed by the bees and both Linda and her husband were stung repeatedly. It was a little intense but hey, the bees are in a good place now and won't be out in the cold grass all night. Hope they make it.