Swarms
Swarming is a natural process of reproduction where half a colony of honeybees - up to 30k of them - leave the nest or hive in order to start a new colony somewhere else. When swarming they are unlikely to be aggressive as they currently have no home to defend.
Swarming mostly takes place around May and June, when you might observe (and hear) thousands of bees in the air, or see them clustering together (see pic) having reached a temporary resting place. This might be on a branch, in a bush, on a gatepost, or maybe even on some garden furniture. It's often then that we as beekeepers receive a call!
If you need help removing a swarm of honeybees (and are sure they are honeybees and not bumble bees, solitary bees or wasps etc - please check here for guidance) we may be able to help - as long as the cluster is easily accessible. There's usually little or no charge to collect the bees and we should be able to re-home them in one of our hives.
The easiest way is to find a local beekeeper for help and advice is by inserting your postcode into the map on the BBKA website.
https://www.bbka.org.uk/find-a-local-swarm-collector
Please only call one beekeeper at a time to avoid multiple people coming out to you.