The queen bee is the dominant female reproductive in the hive. Her job is to lay eggs and produce a continuous supply of future workers, drones, and sometimes queens, for the hive.
After a young queen bee hatches, she will live in the hive for a few days. She is unmated, so she cannot lay eggs. She will go on a few mating flights and mate with up to 60 drones.
When a hive increases in population size rapidly, the bees will sometimes produce a reproductive swarm. The intention of this swarm is that it will leave with the old queen and will seek out a new hive location.
If there is a fire or a flood, the bees will attempt to move away from the hive. The queen will normally scurry along a branch and try to flee the catastrophe.
Sometimes we have to move beehives on a vehicle. I was once moving some bees along a dark road at night and two drunk guys jumped on the back of the vehicle to hitch a lift.