Bees!!!

Pest Control is my profession. The company I'm with now doesn't do many bee jobs but the first company I worked for did....a lot.

Regular Honey Bees aren't much to worry about.....USUALLY!

They can be agitated by four wheelers...lawn mowers...etc. when you get to close. They will sting of course and standing still does no good when they're in that state. Once they sting there is a pheromone released, it is basically a bulls eye target! Run your arse off...lol.

If they are not agitated...you can approach...and even stand next to hive, mere feet away, talk quietly...whatever...with no issues.

The swarm flying over could be a relocation of the hive but more often than not its the hive splitting. It got to big.

The only time I had any real issues were on hives that had already been messed with. Some maintenance man or the customer tried to take them out and failed. After that...NO ONE can get close.

I never had to deal with Africanized bees...don't think they are this far north yet. But they will attack at the drop of a hat from what I hear.