Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Surprise into my garden !, 1 by MaypopLaurel

MaypopLaurel wrote:
My neighbor has an apiary with twelve hives. He sent me this picture today. The swarm is low...about three and a half meters from the ground. We\'ve watched beekeepers capture swarms. They shoot a gun at the tree. Bees respond to the vibration by dropping to the ground in one big mass. The beekeeper suits up and walks into the puddle of bees with a smoker, hunting for the queen. The queen is placed in a transport box near the bees. A few hours later the bees form columns and walk into the box. They don\'t appear to fly around during this event.