Saturday, 21 July 2012

Honey, the Bees Got Patriotic!

A weird sight at Oxwich beach when a swarm of Honey bees (Apis mellifera) settled on a folding Union Jack chair of a visitor. The bees (not the visitor) stayed for about 3 hours before flying off (before a bee keeper was due to collect them).
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