We had swarms of bees hanging around various parts of the house. Thought we needed somebody to come and relocate a queen or something. After a couple of days they went away, apparently it’s “swarming” season.
My wife is helping out a tenant who has a hive in the roof, the bees can be heard buzzing in the kitchen extraction fan.
I believe that the bees swarm to give the queen a rest and, after a day or two, will buzz off of their own accord. The worst thing to do is to disturb them or try to move them on.
I’ve had a few around my house over the years and I just stay clear until they’ve gone.
Having a hive in the roof would be a little more complicated.
Haha wow this is so weird. Today we had bees hanging around our house, some making it inside through the bathroom fan vent or the bedroom AC unit. We found out that the demolition being done two doors down had uncovered a bee nest under the house, then another one next door (next door and two doors down from us).
Good chat as long as nobody talks about rain in the bee thread
BoM saying this was “unusual”.
This is the most extreme weather event any of us have ever seen in our lifetimes and it’s still about 2 months from peaking. The ramifications are only just starting. The future climate scientists warned us about decades ago is here.
If it follows the trajectory on the next warmest year from here, then you’re gonna need a new graph.
Yeah, we’ll probably see another .6⁰C - .7⁰C rise before the peak. Hopefully no more than that! And yes, we’re gonna have to extend that y-axis.
Melbourne radar has been playing up the last week or two.
How so?
I saw once it said Brunswick was going to get 20mm of rain in 1 hour (would have been a typo)
You get those…blocky…logo looking…circular griddy things when the radar is bung.
Been happening for years.
It’s mildly amusing when the cookers try to make it more than that.
What did you call me!
I’m sure in this case you’re just curious.
That one does look like it could be a weather pattern. I’m talking about these sort of things…
…and the cookers go, ‘This is real! What aren’t they telling us!?!?’
Silly gooses.
Just for your info, that is the standard WA prism system…quite a regular occurrence around this time of year.
Thank you. Although…information isn’t the same as knowledge. I now have that information…
It’s detecting a lot of noise, which looks like rain, especially over higher elevations. Usually they calibrate these false echos out of the system, but something seems to have gone wrong. I’m sure they will sort it out.
When the weather is good in Melbourne in October, like it has been the last two days (and for the next three) … does it make it the best time of year?
Perfect mix of coolish nights and warm/sunny days. Goldilocks Days?
I think so, not just here but world wide.
Late spring and early Autumn in Melbourne would be my favourite time, weatherwise, anywhere in the world for me.
Yeah, not too hot and the nights are easy
