Don’t worry, the bees are simply waiting for the scout bees to come back after finding a suitable place to locate the new colony such as a cavity in a tree. Since they don’t have a colony to ...

When I told him about the swarm I had just discovered, he said that when a swarm arrives, scout bees are sent out to find a good location for the new hive. They will typically move on within a few ...

The swarm may settle on a tree branch temporarily until the scout bees find a suitable new home. The best thing to do is to leave the swarm alone, keep pets and people away from it, and wait it out.

a bee eater's attack on the hive, and a scout bee's mysterious dance that shares special "nectar directions" with the rest of the hive.