This is a swarm of bees. In spring a new queen is born and takes half the hive with her when she goes off into the big wide world. It takes them more then just a day to find a new place for a hive, so they have to stop somewhere overnight and bees dont like to be cold. So they bunch up like this to stay warm, when the day heats up they spread their tiny wings and continue on their way. The reason I could get such a close photos of them is it was quite a chilly morning so they are way too cold to be mad at an inquisitive gardener with a camera phone.
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