February 9th, 2026.

A shelter in place alert goes out to all of the local residents.

Not only should you shelter in place, aka get inside and don't go outside,

but also you need to urgently turn off the air conditioning in the building for the time being.

This is Tucson, Arizona. February 9th,

2026, it's a little hot, a high of 84 that day. It's actually unusually hot for this early on in

February, but that is besides the point. The point is, stay inside, turn off your AC unit. If you really

must peek outside your window and you're really unlucky, you've got

sweat dripping down your nose and you see this outside, a dark swirling cloud just floating around

and it's moving fast, going left, going right. It doesn't really have a strong sense of direction.

It looks unpredictable. If you decide to peek open the window to hear what's going on.

It's like this humming noise, just like a strong, powerful, overwhelming buzz.

It's a bee swarm.

There isn't exactly a number count of how many bees there were.

It's not like the bees are lining up to a census.

However, a typical swarm is documented to

have tens of thousands of bees. And these ones in Arizona, they're called killer bees. They tend to be

a bit temperamental. They will attack in greater numbers with less provocation. They could just decide

that they don't like you and they will chase you a quarter of a mile if they

see you as a threat. Even if you're begging them to stop. Bee storms typically happen when bees are

looking for a new hive. Maybe they need to upgrade their space, or their hive is now soaked in

pesticide. It really depends. Or sometimes the big bee colonies, they'll split into two. So one queen

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