Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: They're BACKKKKKK ....., 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Yep! I saw my first dragonfly yesterday! Good to see them back. She/he was hanging around one of my container ponds. Which is great because it might have been laying some eggs in the pond. Bad though, because now I can't stick my hands in the pond without gloves. The larva bite! Ouch!

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I saw the weirdest thing yesterday ...... Paige you'll be interested in this!

I had just gotten into my van and started the engine. I was distracted for a few seconds as I was digging through my purse looking for something. When I looked up through the windshield as I was putting my vehicle in reverse to back out of the driveway ....... I saw them!!!!!

You know how nats will swarm...... Well ..... there was this HUGE swarm that appeared out of nowhere flying all over just in front of my van windshield and then above the van and then to the side and then POOF .... gone! They came and went so quickly I was astonished. It HAD to be a swarm of those African Killer Bees!!!!! I have never seen regular bees do that, but I have read that is typical behavior for the AKB. It was the craziest thing I ever saw!!!! They were everywhere and then just disappeared into thin air. Literally.

I was so relieved that I was already IN my van with all the windows up! Scary!!!! So it looks like they have made their way to south-central Florida. I have read that they will swarm for unpredictable reasons .... noises, movements, etc. I am wondering if they were close by and the engine noise made them swarm my van???!!! It certainly rattled me. And now I am a bit nervous when I am outside. I am keenly aware of the bees around me now. It was weird how fast the entire swarm moved. It reminded me of Winnie the Pooh ♥ when he's got the honey combs from the bee nest and they are swarming him. LOL! That visual popped into my head when I saw them around my van. LOL!

This message was edited Mar 30, 2007 3:00 PM