"Why do bees stay in their hives during…

“Swarm” sounds like “it’s warm.” A joke was posted on Twitter by FizzyDuck—and many others—on February 21, 2010:

Q: Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?
A: Swarm.

Twitter
JC @bighouseburning
@bighouseburning
Q) Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?
A) Swarm.
7:59 AM - 21 Feb 2010

Twitter
❤️ FizzyDuck ❤️
@FizzyDuck
Why do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm!
10:28 AM - 21 Feb 2010

Twitter
FunnyOneLiners
@Funnyoneliners
Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?
Swarm!
RT @FizzyDuck
10:59 AM - 21 Feb 2010

18 August 2010, The Sun (London, UK), “Have a laugh!,” pg. 19:
WHY do bees stay in their hives during winter? Swarm. DEREK COOPER Meath

Google Books
The Mammoth Book of One-Liners
Compiled by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson
2012
Pg. ?:
Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?
Swarm.

23 January 2012, The Sun (London, UK), pg. 11:
WHY do bees go into the hive for winter? Because it’s swarm.

Google Books
The Mother of All Christmases
By Milly Johnson
London, UK: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
2018
Pg. ?:
Why do bees stay in their hives in winter?
Swarm.

Twitter
Dad Jokes
@Dadsaysjokes
Why do bees stay in their beehive in winter? Swarm…
3:41 PM - 22 Feb 2018

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Musicguy1982 February 23, 2018
Why do bees stay in their beehive during the winter?
Swarm

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Prof_Insultant March 20, 2018
Why do bees stay in their hive during the winter?
Swarm.

Reddit—Beekeeping
Posted by u/MerryTreez May 25, 2018
Why do bees stay in their hives during the winter?
Swarm

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/madazzahatter October 27, 2018
My son asked me, “Daddy, why do bees stay in the hive in the winter?” I smiled and answered…
“Swarm.”

Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/honolulu_oahu_mod July 4, 2019
My son asked me, “Daddy, why do bees stay in the hive in the winter?” I smiled and answered…
“Swarm.”

“Why do bees stay in their hives during winter?”/“Swarm.”