I love to hear bee stories, both from beekeepers and people who've just see interesting things. When I go to collect a swarm there are almost always people watching. It's not something most people see every day so I'm sure you have something interesting to tell, create your own story here.
Send them in, if they're good, we'll post them here. I prefer true stories, although sometimes it can be a little difficult to decide whether a story is true or the figment of someone's imagination.
In the meantime scroll down and see what other people have posted, perhaps it will encourage you to leave your own bee tale. You can also comment on the entries other people have submitted.
What's Your Favorite Beekeeping Anecdote?
We'd love to share your bee stories. Most people have never seen a bee swarm, although I think everyone knows something about them. Perhaps you had a swarm of honey bees in your house, or saw a huge swarm on a tree in a parking lot and people were freaking out.
I'm hoping to gather enough to put into an eBook. All I ask is that you don't mind me using them for that, and I'd like them to be true if possible. Whether it's, like my own, a don't try this at home story', something that happened to you, or just a story you heard from someone else, we want to hear all about it.
Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...
My Introduction to Honey Bees
When I was about 15, the farmer that I had been working for throughout the summer asked me if I would be willing to help him put new rolled roofing on ...
Swarm on Camp Pendleon
I had just finished up lunch this afternoon and went to step out of my office and was greeted by a good size swarm of bees flying in between our two ...
Beehave Yourself!
I was in the plant business in South Florida for many years. I frequently shopped at other nurseries to find unique items I could resell (in addition ...
Exposed Honey Bee Hive.
I found an exposed bee hive out in my timber today, it is about 30 feet in the air?
Hi Craig
Thanks for the great picture. It amazes me that bees ...
Fourth of July Bee Invasion....
Love your site and wish I'd discovered your humane bee removal a couple of years ago when we had a bee swarm. It was over a holiday weekend so we paid ...
Honey Up To The Ears!
It is curious, but of all the nests of bees that my brother and I could have found, the one which caught our attention was inside a statue.
Fortunately,...
The BEEginning of BEEing
About a week ago (early June in Oregon) we noticed a swarm of bees clumped in a ball hanging from a branch on the side of the road to our lake.
Many people claim to be allergic to bee stings. Obviously ...
I was told - 'Swarming Bees Don't Sting'!
I tried to collect a swarm of bee in a tree a couple of years ago. I was wearing short pants and a short bee suit which only covered my top half, not my ...
If Walls Could Talk Instead of Just Buzzing
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I often wonder what is going inside the walls of the south side of my house. They certainly are all abuzz with activity. You see there was a small hole ...
Thank you so much for the pictures, I have shared them with a lot of people. They have been amazed.
My grandson, Ryan, took the honeycomb ...
Collecting a Swarm of Bees from a Pomegranate Tree
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You may be interested in seeing a video I just posted on Youtube for some of my friends around the world to see. I had to laugh the other day because I ...
I have an odd bee encounter I would like to share with you. It happened on a hot summer day, when I was a little kid. I was just ...
Africanized Bees in Phoenix
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In March 2010 we were visiting friends in Phoenix who had a very large 8 year old feral colony about 20 feet up in a big mulberry tree in their front yard....
I love your site, I'll be spending time on it learning over the next year or so. I would like to learn how to keep bees as my life and time ...
Friendly Little Honeybees
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This Spring and Summer I didn't see any honeybees, not even when the clover was in bloom. Last year I saw two and they were on my driveway and dying. I ...
Foreclosed Home with Busy Bee Sitting Tenants.
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I am shopping for real estate and went to see a home that's been foreclosed for 380 days, in an urban area in Richmond CA. All the windows were boarded ...
Desperation Bee Nest Removal
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I work for California State Parks at the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach.
We were removing items and a small shed from the nursery yard to make room ...
Bella de Bon Terra Queen Bee
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In the Late summer of 2009 a Queen bee, an Italian honey bee, along with her attendants and workers and brood (previously laid eggs in cells) arrived from ...
No Bee Nest Removal
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I worked in an old house where we had a day school for retarded adults. This is a private school that gets government endowments and private money. The ...
Bee Removal Is a Fascinating Operation
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Last Friday as we were leaving for the weekend we noticed a number of bees flying around a corner of our yard in north Poway,California. When we returned ...
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