1 The primary cause of COPD is tobacco smoke (through tobacco use or second-hand smoke).  The disease now affects men and women almost equally, due in part to increased tobacco use among women in high-income countries.
Swarming is the process by which a new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees. In the prime swarm, about 60% of the worker bees leave the original hive location with the old queen. This swarm can contain thousands to tens of thousands of bees.
Swarms. Honey Bee swarms are a natural biological event. Although swarms normally occur during the spring months of April and May in Texas, they could happen in other months as well. Beekeepers do their best to prevent their own colonies from swarming throughout the year. A few steps we take include: