because this had been a free hanging colony of feral bees, i left the hive top open wide, and all of the bees had returned to the hive before dark

most of the comb containing honey was left outside the hive entrance for the bees





























the bees soon began to cluster on the vines i had left just outside of the hive; but since it was getting late in the afternoon i was not overly concerned about a full blown swarm




















i clipped the vines and shook the bees back on top of the frames, and puffed some smoke on the arbor



























the next thing i know, bees were in the air all around me

i guess the honeybees had decided that i had messed with them just a little too much, and they were starting to cluster in the grape arbor nearby