A Swarm of Bees!!

Two days ago I filled my bird feeder and decided it was nice enough to open the windows again. I love it! I got to the third window and looked out my back yard to see the hugest swarm of bees I've ever seen outside of TV or a movie!!! I was terrified as I'd just been there at the feeder and I'm allergic to bee stings. I eventually calmed myself down and called Steve (my hubby). When I told him what was going on his reply was "I'll take care of it when I get home." "NO YOU WON'T!!!" I said. "Those could be killer bees and you know it!" "I'll be fine. I need to get back to work but I'll take care of it when I get home." And yes I did say killer bees. We have actually had reports that they have been found down here and this is exactly what happens when they're found. They're called killer bees because they swarm whatever they feel is attacking their nest until that thing is dead.
So a few hours later Steve returns home. Meanwhile, I'd been praying HARD! "Lord Jesus, please keep him safe! Think about the boys going through their mom dying and keep Steve safe. Give him wisdom and help him Lord. Protect him!" Knowing my husband, I wasn't going to talk him out of this one.
"I'll put a long-sleeved shirt and thick shoes and jeans on plus a hat and some glasses and I'll be fine." So off he goes in a hat and jeans and a jacket that I made him put on (even though it was probably close to 90 degrees). "You'll open that door for me if I come running right?" "Sure I will" but I'm thinking maybe not if he's got bees all around him! I don't want them in my house!
He started to spray around where I told him I'd seen the bees coming and going and really gave me that "I know you were totally exaggerating on this" look. "That's NOTHING compared to what I saw!" When I got that look the second time, I said "That swarm was as tall as I am (I'm 5'9") and about 3-4 feet wide!" That finally got his attention. The fact that bees were starting to come out more quickly now helped. After spraying about 1/2 can of bug spray he went after the next can which was about 1/3 full and emptied that. The bees were STILL coming out of the ground!!!
He finally came back in and said "I need to get stronger stuff." After cooling off for a minute or two, he donned a rain slicker and his respirator and said "I'm the bee killer" in his best imitation of Darth Vader. :) So I grabbed the camera (I figured a picture would be good for something at this point). And back out he goes with a gallon-sized container that had about 3" of liquid in it and a long sprayer.
Finally after spraying about 1" of liquid all over the neighbor's trees that the bees were landing in and doing some digging under the shed where they were going, he said "I can't find the nest. Maybe they were moving and we got them early." They hadn't swarmed him, he hadn't been stung and they were slowly dropping to the ground or landing on the trees. So I figured that was all we could do.
The next morning I carefully went out to feed the birds again and ventured over to the area where the bees had been. There were still a few flying around and when a couple more came out of the hole I decided it would be prudent to go back inside my house. But I think they're honey bees as they are blackish brown with a couple of orange and black stripes in the middle. I'm just glad they're not killer bees! Betcha can't guess what Steve will be doing this weekend though! :)