Hive Works Honey Company

Would you call this a bee Ball?

TO EVERYONE FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE TINY LITTLE MIDGES IN CLEVELAND:

Midges just hatched along the Lake Erie shoreline! yes, the same cloud of little bugs we get every year. They’re smaller than mayflies, they show up when the surface water temperature hits about 60°F, and they’re completely harmless. They don’t bite, they don’t sting, and they only live about 5–10 days.

Cleveland usually sees these swarms in late May through July, and again in the fall when the lake cools back down to around 60°. They can definitely be annoying, but midges (and fishflies) are actually a sign of a healthy Lake Erie ecosystem. They’re an important food source for fish, birds, and pretty much everything that lives around the lake.

So if you’re seeing clouds of tiny bugs downtown, on the Shoreway, in Edgewater, Gordon Park, Euclid, or anywhere along the water.......congratulations, Lake Erie is doing its thing.

It’s 6 AM and someone’s bees are already making bad decisions.

Bees don’t just dance… they debate. 🐝💥

When scout bees find a potential new home, they perform a waggle dance to convince the hive. But if another scout discovers a BETTER location? She’ll literally headbutt the competing dancer to tell her to stop promoting it.

Tiny insects. Massive democracy.

Nature is wild. 🍯

It has started 🙏