Wikipedia says that swarming is the natural means of reproduction of honey bee colonies. A new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees. In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees. Swarming is mainly a spring phenomenon, usually within a two- or three-week period, depending on the locale, but occasionally swarms can happen throughout the producing season.
Only stung twice, and not while he was grabbing them by the clumpful (is that a word?)!!
This is video of me being brave and Norm in a hurry and not his usual gentle, explaining kind of guy!
The new hive is set up next to the old one... hopefully they'll stick around!
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