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Graveyard Swarm
« on: May 18, 2014, 02:45:04 pm »
Care taker at a graveyard in Springfield, Mo.called and said there was a swarm on a cross in the graveyard and was afraid someone might get stung with Decoration Day coming up. This was in the same area that i got a swarm 2 yrs. ago,both  within 100 ft. of where my grandfather and two of his brothers are buried (my great uncles). I'm beginning to wounder if they had a hand in it just to get me to visit? :D.The cross was on a babies grave that died in 1873, the cross was about two foot tall with between 3 to 4 pounds of bees on it. I put a hive with some drawn comb next to it, took my scoop made from a bleach jug and scooped most of them in and started whistling Dixie and the rest marched right in, my kind of bees. :laugh: Jack

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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2014, 03:07:50 pm »
HAVE BEES GET CAMERA!  Cool story Jack!  ;D
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2014, 07:11:07 pm »
Got to love it when they are that easy!
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2014, 12:43:43 pm »
I'm beginning to wounder if they had a hand in it just to get me to visit? :D......took my scoop made from a bleach jug and scooped most of them in and started whistling Dixie and the rest marched right in, my kind of bees. :laugh: Jack"

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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2014, 10:12:52 pm »
Just hope they are not...............wait for it................




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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2014, 10:28:45 pm »
Give me a break. :D Funny you would say that G3, it was getting dark when i was finishing up, there was a bush between me and the road and a young girl was walking her dog down the road and when i stood up with my white hood and jacket she yelled big and loud, i didn't know she was there and she scared  the crap out of me too. We had a good laugh after we got our breath back. I told her i was sorry:laugh and she said she shouldn't be walking her dog in the cematary that late. :laugh: Jack

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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2014, 10:31:37 pm »
Snark! Good One ~
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2014, 11:02:06 pm »
 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I think that is funny when two people scare each other at the same time!!
too funny!

Give you a break..........yeah right!
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2014, 11:04:49 pm »
That is funny!!!  Never imagined Jack moonlighting as a ghost in a graveyard.
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2014, 12:54:06 am »
"Give me a break. :D Funny you would say that G3, it was getting dark when i was finishing up, there was a bush between me and the road and a young girl was walking her dog down the road and when i stood up with my white hood and jacket she yelled big and loud, i didn't know she was there and she scared  the crap out of me too. "

too funny jack!!!

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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2014, 07:20:03 am »
Thanks for putting a smile on my face first thing this morning!
I would actually prefer my zombies to be in full gear... it may take a bit longer to chew through the veil before they get to my brain. 
Of course any zombie unfortunate enough to catch me will always be doomed to a light snack instead of the full meal they were anticipating  ;D
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Re: Graveyard Swarm
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2014, 03:18:19 pm »
Loved the story Jack, very funny.
It might be a good place to set up a trap with the care taker able to call and report is bees are using it.
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