The Bees' Knees

The evening Western Civ class got run out of our classroom last night because of a bee-swarm that decided to form up right outside the door earlier that afternoon. I'd seen LOTS of bees around when I taught my morning class in the room next door, and thought, Hmm,  wonder if they're getting ready to swarm? I'd guessed they were nesting in the space between the roof and the ceiling-boards of the walkway that shades the doors of the rooms. (It's a college, but it looks EXACTLY like every elemen...