No-sting operation: Beekeeper networks stand ready to capture swarms
Desperately looking for more space, a better place, or to overthrow their queen, these insects set out on their own house hunt
There’s nothing like a freebie — especially when the prize is free bees.
When you’re not expecting them, several thousand honeybees in your yard can be a startling sight. But what looks like a pest control call to the average person is a jackpot to a local network of beekeepers who are poised to pounce during summer’s “swarm season.”