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Turns out my neighbor is a bit of a bee expert. Who knew? Anyway, he's says they're relatively harmless at the moment. They've settled about 15 feet up in a pine, all huddled around the queen. He says they'll be there of a day or two while the scouts go out and look for a spot to establish a new hive. He said they'll probably swam again around dawn. Last year I had bold-face hornets build a hive on a bird feeder. They say they are pretty aggressive, but the feeder was out of the way, so I let them be. It was pretty cool watching the hive grow in size all summer long. It was probably about the size of two footballs by September.

Okay, this is a new one...I’m trapped in my house by a swarm of bees out front. Looks like they’re settling into a pine tree of mine.

No photo, but a P-51 Mustang just flew over. Might be a good day to keep an eye on the sky. I do miss the Willow Grove air shows since the base closed. Used to see all sorts of aircraft flying overhead in those days.

Saw my first lightning bugs last night. 72F/DP 64F

Apparently the storm by me has been warned. Nothing severe here, just occasional heavy rain and rolling thunder.

Getting fringed by a cell passing by to my north, can hear thunder in the distance. Temp dropped from 79F to 70F with the outflow.

Finished with .75". That should keep the lawn green for another week or so. 68F/DP 67F

.70” so far. Round #2 moving up from the Balt/DC area.

The sun is starting to break through, 79F/DP 68F. Soup's on!

Just a car topper here, that June sun angle is a #$%@!

112 days until fall. 62F/DP58F

I heard it too, wasn’t expecting that.

Truth! As a kid, I remember looking forward to Memorial Day because that's the weekend our swim club would open. More often than not, the weekend was dark, dank and dreary, but I still begged to go swimming...lol! 48F

Was it 2013 or 2014 when Christmas was warmer than July 4?? Must have had some good winds overnight, lots of leaf debris and small branches all over the neighborhood. 48F

It's the last full month of adding daylight. Only 117 days until fall! 66F/DP 52F

Yep, works for me too. Perfect excuse to not do yard work and binge watch Netflix all weekend!

No better drought buster than a summertime holiday weekend.

Getting some thunder and lightning again as round #2 is about to move in.

Temp went from 88F to 64F. Gust front was the best part of the storm but I did pick up about .60”. Some more storms off to the west. I doubt they’ll be severe if they make it here but additional rain would be welcomed.

Gust front coming through now.

Clouds have cleared out here, let's see what effect it has on our storm potential later today. I don't care about severe, just give me rain! 81F/DP 71F

I think I was 12 when that movie hit Prism one summer. I was convinced the clock was ticking for those of us in PA and we'd be running from swarms of killer bees by the 1990's.

The only thing those Japanese Beetle bags did was attract more Japanese Beetles to the yard. Then the Gypsy Moths were going to deforest PA. Now we have Stink Bugs, Lantern Flies and perhaps murder hornets on the way. 65F/DP 52F

lol...not here. Brood X is the biggest bust since 3/5/2001. Seriously, this confirms my memory of 2004, these guys aren't imby. Need to wait until July for the annual cicadas to show up (along with cicada bees).

The grass has that crunchy, August feel to it as you walk on it, some lawns starting to brown up already. I'm not mowing again until we get some rain. Besides that...beautiful morning out there compared to the last few, 62F/DP 52F.