How do new bee hives come up naturally?

Summary New honeybee colonies are established through a process called Swarming, in which a new queen is reared and the old queen leaves with about half the bees in the colony. When does swarming occur? read more

The scouts come back to the swarm and report the location of their findings in their typical bee-way - the good old bee dance, the same one foraging bees use to report nectar. After a while, the swarm may fly away, either to a new home or to a new location from which to search a new home. read more

The reigning queen will lay an egg in the cell and the workers will feed it until the grub developes into a large larva. When ready the cell is sealed and in due course a new queen emerges. The beekeeper uses the new queen(s) thus bred to start new hives or to sell them commerically. read more