Discussion of Bee Biology,[log in to unmask],Internet writes: >selecting a home-site When a swarm decides to move from its cluster location to a new home, the bees are doing something ( making a group decision ) that none of them have ever done before. I watch this process with fascination. On two occasions last spring, I was able to station myself right in front of the empty hive body that a swarm from my own colonies chose to move into. My head was only two feet from the entrance when the swarm arrived to land on me and on the hive body. Once, I saw the queen enter the hive body although I did not see her land on it (and I was looking for her arrival!) The bees took no interest in me. Tim Tim Sterrett Westtown, (Southeastern) Pennsylvania, USA [log in to unmask]