Today was a day of clear sky and sun after a week of rain. Chris predicted that some bees would swarm, and when we returned home in the late afternoon, sure enough: there was a swarm hanging from a high branch of an oak tree. We tried to get it down to put it in a hive, but we didn't succeed. The queen must have been on the branch itself, and we couldn't shake her off, so the bees we could shake off just kept flying back to her. That's okay; that's nature.
All this is preamble to the good thing. Over the past few years we've noticed that a butterfly will often fly around in a bee swarm. It's a curious sight. Today a butterfly kept investigating the swarm on the branch. And I happened to have my camera ready for just this moment:
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Hi it's Bethany from Postcrossing in Michigan! I visited your blog - very inspiring! I enjoyed reading about the bees and butterfly.
Thanks for coming by, Bethany!
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