I was up some scaffolding doing some roof repairs a few summers ago when I heard a weird noise. When I looked in the direction of the sound I could see a black smudge, gradually growing larger, along with the sound.
The dawning realisation that it was a swarm of bees (that I had never witnessed before - this was in the UK) definitely ramped my adrenaline levels up.
I was off that scaffolding, got my wife indoors and closed all the windows about 10 seconds before it swept past the house.
We might have been ok, but not worth taking a chance when the swarm was at least 100m across and about 30m high.
I can attest.
I was up some scaffolding doing some roof repairs a few summers ago when I heard a weird noise. When I looked in the direction of the sound I could see a black smudge, gradually growing larger, along with the sound.
The dawning realisation that it was a swarm of bees (that I had never witnessed before - this was in the UK) definitely ramped my adrenaline levels up.
I was off that scaffolding, got my wife indoors and closed all the windows about 10 seconds before it swept past the house.
We might have been ok, but not worth taking a chance when the swarm was at least 100m across and about 30m high.
That's terrifying!
It was, I will admit it took me a few seconds to process what I was seeing.
Have you seen that bee episode of Black Mirror? That defintely freaked me out🐸
I haven't, I'll look that up, thanks