What is a bee swarm?
A bee swarm is an event that happens every year in just about all beehives. In the early spring of each year, honeybees produce new queens. Once the new queens have been produced, the old queen leaves the hive taking with her a portion of the hive’s population. This group of worker bees, drones, and the old queen is a known as a swarm. The swarm will set out in search of a suitable location to start a new hive. During the search the group may land and form a mass while a few of the bees continue to search for a suitable location. This mass of bees may stay in an area for up to a few days before moving on.
