Paul Doubek, age 10, of Salt Lake City, Utah, for his question:

Do bees migrate like birds?

This question arose because Paul saw a flock of bees, all flying away together. It looked as if they were petting ready to go south, somewhat like a flock of flying birds. But this was not their plan at all. Those bees were swarming, which is what they do when a young queen leaves home to start a new colony of her own. If you called a beekeeper, he would arrive with a special container, suitably clad in a beekeepers protective clothing.

In no time at all, he would coax that swarm of bees into his container    and whisk them home to start another tame honey making hive. Chances are, your swarm escaped from a tame hive and if nobody captured them, the young queen selected a tree to establish her future colony. Those escapees become wild bees and the workers will be zooming around next spring, when the orchards come into bloom.