Thanks Mindy. The local bee keeper was happy to capture them. At least that swarm is saved for now. The outbuilding that was engulfed by the swarm is an 1840s tenant house on a historic property. So at one time the building was located at the rear of a farm field, with plenty of trees--especially pecans (don't know if those are useful to bees) and near a barn. Today there is an empty mowed field behind that outbuilding, and a highway. So Im sure, much fewer pollinators than in the past.
