Hello, I bought a nuc on April 25. I feed 1:1 surgar solution the entire time. This last week they decided to take off. A very large swarm took to the skies. When is the swarming season over? I am South of Salt Lake City in Zone 5. I retrived the swarm and decided to put them back together after puting them in a box. I did not want a new hive. They everything seems to be fine. There are a lot of bees now in that hive. I have placed a queeen excluder on top of the second brood chamber and placed a honey super on top. They have not gone into the honey super yet. Was placing them back together the wrong thing to do? I did go through and kill all the queen cells I could find before putting her (and her many sisters) back with those they left behind. Having honey bees has been a great experience for our family. My wife and I have a hive along with my parents and kids. How far do bees travel for nectar? There is a lots of flowering alfalfa in the hills behind my house with some clover in the field below. We have many Lindon trees within 2 miles of the hives. Do any of you have hives in bear country? My wifes father has a lot of land in the mountains and I would like to put hives up there. There are bears in the area. Good luck, Rich