Bees?

Both BYC and my online Collage course have been talking about bees and CCD, which makes me think at sometime in the future I should establish a hive.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/silence-of-the-bees/introduction/38/
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=419112
http://thegardenhive.com/?gclid=CIDYuviqnqUCFTRa7AodJVLSFw

But currently only bees around here are bumblebees and the hive of wild bees that live in the empty house on our property, they tend to swarm once or twice a year, here are two different years of swarming :