It's been a wild couple of weeks here on the homestead.
Our adult children and our grandchildren were here visiting from Minnesota which was a wild good time all on it's own!!! We were on vacation all week but homestead life just keeps ticking along. 
We had a family BBQ planned for Tuesday evening and wouldn't you know it our honey bees decide to swarm................right into our outdoor play structure. Which was a blessing and added excitement. We have two hives and only one survived the winter so one hive was empty and a split of the remaining hive was actually great. But they needed to be caught and relocated to the hive. Todd was given much "helpful" advice from the houseful of people hanging out safely out of the bee zone. After being stung he fortified his bee suit and scooped up the bees and transferred them to their new home.
The next day as we were getting ready for the llama shearers to arrive we noticed that the bees were back in the play structure. The queen had obviously been missed the evening before and the bees had just made their way back to her. As Todd was setting up for another swarm capture the shearers arrived-an hour early. I had corralled the sheep but hadn't gotten the llamas to the shearing area. Which of course had the bee swarm in it.
The shearing team took it all in stride and helped us move the llamas from their field to the shearing area. Top Knot Alpaca care is awesome! We highly recommend!
Warning- Llama shearing looks a little rough. Our llamas are laid down on a padded mat and their feet are secured for their safety and the safety of the shearing crew. They get their summer hair cut, their yearly vaccinations, their toenails clipped and their teeth checked and trimmed if needed. They are not hurt at all and pop up and head back out to their pasture when it's all complete. Since our llamas are pasture pals/sheep guardians not show llamas they aren't handled a whole lot and this is the safest procedure that we have found.
It's always a bit of a rodeo as Mama Llama HATES shearing day. This year she expressed her irritation with the whole thing by spitting on our living room window-that girl has some distance! After shearing she tracked down her herd mate Oin and spit on his head. I'm not sure how any of it was his fault but she obviously felt like it was.
Oin is a total gentleman about the whole thing. He doesn't spit or make a fuss about any of it.
They always look so tiny once they are sheared!
It's always a big relief to have every one sheared for the year. Now I can move on to scouring and processing all that fiber.
Oh, and the bees have all settled into their new hive and we are looking forward to our first honey harvest this fall.