heh, I am sure he was highly amused. No worries about the swarm returning to that branch either..
Once I hit the ground I didn't pay much attention to anything but trying to breathe. Just glad I was managing to catch my breath by the time the bees started marching.. At that point I thought that old man was a wizard. I had never imagined such a thing.
If I did that today I would be laid up for a month... which I suppose is the wisdom of getting someone whos bones are still capable of bouncing to do it.