Bees find new home – not at Thriftway

Beekeeper Linda Cutright collects a swarm of bees that developed in the Thriftway parking lot during the early afternoon Monday, April 14. Bystanders indicated that the bees may have been in transport on a truck and for some reason decided to establish a new home. Honeybees, which tend not to be aggressive if unprovoked, often swarm on warm days in springtime as a natural way of multiplying. The swarm will cluster together, protecting their queen,…