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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 622088" data-attributes="member: 27017">Just FYI, the hive of bees becomes overpopulated.  The bees raise a new queen bee.  The old queen bee leaves the hive and takes a portion of the bees with her.  They cluster some place in a swarm like you are seeing.  From the swarm, scout bees are sent out to find a new place to make a new hive ie a cavity in a tree, someones old shed...  Once they decided where to make their new home, they all go to that place and start the new hive.  All of that is the way bee populations increase.  Ask me how I know this.  I was a beekeeper for years. Ha!  I have removed swarms like that and put them in my hive boxes to increase my bee inventory for honey production.</blockquote>