Billy's Bees

I got a call yesterday from a man who had a bee swarm in a tree in his back yard and wondered if I could do anything about it. He was not sure if they were Honey Bees or not. By the time Patty and I could get out to his place it was dark so I took a spot light. Shinned the light up into his tree, but did not see a swarm. What I saw was a hollow in the tree. A couple of bees crawled out to investigate the light. So I was able to identify them as Honey Bees. While I had the spot light on them, a couple of bees took flight, but as soon as the hit the outside of the light they stopped flying and tumbled to the ground. I have also observed the bees coming in for what looked like a crash landing at the hive. Actually flipping over on there backs when they land. Many times they land on other bees as well, or even miss the entry platform at the hive entirely and up on the ground. Yes Honey Bees are Clumsy.