Quote Originally Posted by GDub View Post
The best, nay the ONLY real smart solution to getting rid of a swarm of bees is to call a local beekeeper. They will GLADLY come and gather the bees. It's really just common sense.
What you write seems true, now that I think about it, but it is not "common sense." The idea would not occur to the vast majority of people, especially city-dwellers like me.

Killing bees is bad mojo these days. They are fast disappearing.