Hail,
Don't know if this is the right place to ask any of this stuff, and
thanks in advance for any responses I get.
I am writing a novel, set in Anglo-Saxon Britain, and a swarm of bees
turn up.
How safe is a swarm of bees? Could someone who had minimal experience
but a whole lot of luck handle them safely?
My memeory (very rusty) of this is that the sound is quite loud. Is
it the same pitch as bees normally make, or is it noticably lower? Is
there a definite smell - something that a lay person would describe as
a smell of honey?
How difficult is it to get a swarm of bees that has just settled on a
branch of a tree to move from one place to another?
And I have seen footage of people with bee beards - has anyone here
got any experience of these, or know where I could find out? What
does this kind of thing feel like?
Thanks very much in advance.
As an aside, I am a doctor and there is some fascinating stuff about
honey and wound healing - most people here probably already know about
it, but if not, it's worth a read.
Brendan Carson
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