Bees swarming truck transporting hives - GIF

Bees swarming truck transporting hives.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...087#post207425
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...255#post208060
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...763#post209898
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...656#post205873
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...396#post169683

Like 'The Birds' but better.

As a former bee keeper (hobbyist) I can not understand why the boxes are cross stacked on the truck, unless they are feeding nearby colonies. However, this practice will encourage the hives to rob from each other once the source is depleted. Generally considered to be a bad practice to feed in this manner.

IF they are removing supers full of honey, this is also a bad way to do it. You smoke or fume the bees out and stack the boxes so they can be made bee tight for the trip to the extracting house. The idea is to "swipe" the honey with as little disturbance to the colony as possible.

There must be more to this story...

It would seem the beehavior is from the truck bouncing the hell out of their homes! This looks like amateur hour to me.