Milt wrote: I assume Southern beekeepers are taking more care in capturing swarms nowadays - correct? Are you kidding? These swarms are money. In Tucson some people have gotten $150.00 to remove them. Here in Deming, NM I get from $30.00 to $50.00 to remove them. Then I put them into a hive and move them to the desert. After some time I check them and remove combs of brood and put them with hives I want to build up. I use them as opposed to destroying them. They build 4.9 foundation great. Regards, Lee