getting water from the pool and pond, but never like this. They are absolutely related.
I just figured getting a colony out of a sofa sitting in a yard would be fairly simple. Guess not, learned something.
The “almost” sting wasn’t a bee “protecting” a hive, it was a bee landing in the wrong place, her neck, to get water.
Grandkids, and others, are in the pool constantly all summer. It is a bit of a hazard with hundreds of bees flying around them.