dingdongrb Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I am about 30 km from Surin and tonight there has been a massive swarm of bees appearing around our house. They seem to be attracted to the lights. I just arrived from Chiang Mai today and my wife tells me that this is the first night she has seen them. Anyone else experiencing the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Are you going to keep the bees or try to get someone to take them away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 2 hours ago, IsaanAussie said: Are you going to keep the bees or try to get someone to take them away? They were gone when we woke up this morning. Very strange occurrence indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I believe when bees swarm looking for a new site, they send out scouts looking for food. Maybe they didn't find what they were looking for and so moved on. Could have just been taking a rest I suppose. Bee keepers use lemongrass oil to attract bees to an empty hive. If you have it growing nearby it may have attracted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Yes we are growing a little lemongrass but they were nowhere near it. As I said they were attracted to the lights we have outside. They were not your average honeybee but much larger. I have never seen any killer bees before only the traps for them in Mexico, but that's what I first thought of. Strange that they came swarming at night and was gone as soon as we turned the lights off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 You are lucky to have all your plants fertilised! Just make sure they don't nest and at night turn the lights off and secure any pets/livestock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtf Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Are you sure they were bees and not some other insect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Strange,,,are you sure they are bees & not a kind of wasp ? Bees are a very regimented species & very rare to be out & about after dark unless their hive disturbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Most likely their hive was disturbed, there is a lot of poison/slash and burn (smokey fires) going on around where i live. (I still don't understand why, as no new crops will be planted, all ground cover has gone. I still seem to be the only one who has kept fallen leafs to rot into the ground, and ground cover grasses , am i doing something wrong ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanAussie Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Giant honeybees in our village. The comb they built under a neighbours front porch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingdongrb Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 I've seen many of those giant honeybee hives as there are many there in Chiang Mai. And I can tel you it takes quite some time for them to build a hive the size shown in the pics... I will leave this here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/giant-hornets-have-invaded-washington-state-and-theyre-hungry-for-honeybees/ar-BBYhwjv?li=BBnbcA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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