Asa here.  Recently a swarm of Honey Bees descended on Market Square in Portsmouth, NH.  Chuck Billy was all ready to explain in precise details why Bees swarm.  However, it was boring!  So I deleted his post.  Instead I will explain this phenomenon with my parody of Bon Jovi’s hit song, “Runaway.”  For those of you unfamiliar with the original song, here’s the link to the awesomely bad ’80s video.  Personally, I think my version is better.  Perhaps next time I’m on stage with Jon Bon Jovi he’ll let me sing, “The Hive’s Gonna Swarm Today!”

In the hives where they live Bees talk about their social lives

They’re made of pollen, nectar, and combs, and ruled by a Queen inside

All their life all they asked when’s the Queen gonna talk to them

But she was living in a crowded hive trying to get her message through

No one heard a single buzz she said

They couldn’t see her in her hive, what was buzzing round her head

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today

Bees are expanding fast

They knew they couldn’t stay

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today!

A different hive somewhere near is guaranteed to give more room

I see Bees out in the woods searching for a bigger place

Now the Queen waits inside ’cause there’s nothing left that she can do

There’s only Nurse Bees left in the hive left to look after her

You know that the Bees like fields and flowers on the quiet side

The Queen don’t really mind, it’s a new hive she hopes they find

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today

Bees are expanding fast

They knew they couldn’t stay

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today!

No one heard a single buzz she said

They couldn’t see her in her hive, what was buzzing round her head

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today

Bees are expanding fast

They knew they couldn’t stay

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today!

The Bees found a new hive

The Queen is heading there to stay

Ooh, the hive’s gonna swarm today!