I want to ask who is responsible for the Swarms?? They must come from
somewhere.

Picking up swarms will all do. I have driven around 25 miles one way to pick
up a swarm in June which is simply a free service. I know the swarm did not
come from my apiaries as the nearest apiary is fifteen miles away and the
swarm is useless to me then.

Jorn said:
In my opinion we as beekeepers having one or thousand of hives must take the
responsibility for swarms on our shoulders, and not put that on the
shoulders on other people. This means that we should also cover the cost. If
we can't keep our bees at home, we have to take care of that the bees are
not the responsibility of other people than ourselves.

When asked the above about removing bees from structures I always tell the
homeowner to catch one of the offending bees which have moved into his house
and look for my tiny brand mark . If the bee has my tiny brand mark then I
will remove the swarm from his structure for free.

Bob

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