This page is an index for all pages connected with swarming.

Swarming is often considered simply as colony reproduction, but there is an alternative view.

Depending on whether you are a beekeeper or a member of the non-beekeeping public, your views may vary from a swarm being a minor nuisance to it being perceived as a threat.

For the benefit of non-beekeepers, honey bees are not normally aggressive, but occasionally they may become defensive. They are equipped with a sting to defend their home and themselves and they can be provoked into using it. However, they are normally very gentle creatures, especially when swarming.

If you are not a beekeeper, but would like to know more about honey bees and swarming, then look on the Bees and Swarms page.

Roger Patterson.

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Page updated 18/11/2022