Today as I was mowing the yard in a break in the rain, I noticed a cloud of insects up ahead, like a big group of something had just hatched. As I got closer, I saw they were bees and realized it was a bee swarm. Watching the bees swarm is like a train wreck – it’s not something you want to see, but can’t take your eyes off. They started to swarm on a white pine branch about 15-20 feet off the ground.

By the time I had run back to get my camera, here was what the swarm looked like.-
You can see that just a few have started to mass on a branch near the top of the tree and many are buzzing in the air.

Here’s a closer look as the swarm continues to grow as the bees collect around the queen.

Another close-up of the main swarm body as it begins to elongate.

Even more bees coming in to make the swarm even bigger.

Finally, the swarm is at relative rest and all the bees that swarmed are in a mass.

It is quite an experience to see this phenomenon of nature and hear the incredible buzzing as they were swarming!