How do bees decide to set up a hive somewhere?

Question

For example, the bees in this video creating a gigantic hive in someone’s floor: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdsSawAV/?k=1

I know that bees follow the queen around but how does a hive even get into someone’s floor in the first place? And related- how do bees create a queen bee?

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Answer 1

Bees don’t. The Queen looks around for a sheltered place that can be expanded to accommodate the first layer of the colony. The workers follow and obey.