Do y'all have issues with the Africanized bees where you are? They are really prevalent here in south Texas, just about every swarm you find will be bad, several people have been killed by them here. With all the liability lawsuits I decided I didn't want to mess with bees.
one of my buds from the café raised a ton of them but he's slowly getting out, too much work for him now and between the colony collapse, varroa mite and Africanized bees he doesn't have many hives left.