What's the buzz?

As she watched the swarm to be sure she could get to them safely, a rustle of pawsteps caught her attention and had her ears flicking towards the sound even before her head turned to see the stranger approaching. She kept part of her attention on the swarm, but smiled absently at the stranger in welcome. "It's part of their way of maintaining the health of their hives," she told him, "So it isn't unusual this time of year to find swarms, when the hives are too crowded and they need to split in two. I didn't catch one of my hives before it got too big, I'm afraid, so it swarmed and nearly got away from me. I just need to catch it and put it in a new hive." She checked back at the swarm quickly before turning more of her attention back to the stranger. "I'm Corbie, by the way."