Covered in beeeees

[sigma7]

Via AA: CJOnline - Thousands of bees flee KU museum

LAWRENCE — A swarm of about 3,000 bees left The University of Kansas Natural History Museum this week and found a new home on campus.

The last time such a large group of bees left the exhibit at the museum through a tube, designed to allow the bees exit, was 14 months ago, said Jen Humphrey, communications director for the museum.

Humphrey said there were about 1,000 bees left in the museum’s artificial tree after the others followed the queen bee to a new home.

When a hive reaches a certain size, the queen bee will leave with other bees in search of a new location. Meanwhile, the bees left behind will produce a new queen bee, said Danny Najera, a University of Kansas graduate who studies bee cognition.

In other news, following the substation fire and the notice at 3 pm that everything was fine, apparently something else died at the power station and the power went out at about 3:30, so everybody drives home.

What this means for the Flint Hills Publication Workshop...I have no idea, but I'm glad it's not my problem.

Comments

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Whee! I was, of course, long gone by 3:30. ;)

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping your day is festive and revelrous.

[aardy.livejournal.com]

And here I thought for sure you'd mention that they were last spotted heading for the house in Pennsylvania with more than 10,000 bees living in the walls

I heard about it on the news on the way home today, and when I mentioned it to kateshort, her primary response was simply: *twitch*

[kateshort.livejournal.com]

/me goes off to read the actual link.

Poor bees. I hope they find a good home with a good beekeeper.

That said? *twwwITChhh*