Please, please, please don't let your bees swarm unless you are 100% certain you have the support of local conservationists and professional beekeepers. Where

Please, please, please don't let your bees swarm unless you are 100% certain you have the support of local conservationists and professional beekeepers. Where I live, feral honeybees are an extremely damaging invasive species, causing huge declines in both native pollinators (by taking their food) and native birds (by taking their nest sites). Feral honeybees also threaten domestic honeybees by spreading diseases. Up until recently, we were 100% free of verroa mites, but now they are spreading through feral populations and will cause major population losses of domestic bees.