Have a good shower before you go to get the honey and wear completely clean clothes. Don´t smell of perspiration. Bees don´t like dirtiness and will sting you under your arms if your are dirty.
Make sure that your target is actually a honeybee hive. Not everything that buzzes leads to honey. Wasps and yellow jackets make nests, but they do not produce any honey. Also, there are solitary species of bees which don't make honey. If the bees move in a zigzag pattern out of the hive, then they may be a more aggressive Africanized species.
Follow the bees to their home. If you see a hole in a tree or log where there are lots of bees going in and out, you've found their hive.
Burn some plants or wood to make smoke. (Pine needles are generally good for this purpose.)
Put the smoking material into a container you can carry, and take it over to the hive. Waft the smoke into the hole. Smoke makes the bees expect a fire, which makes them concerned about their honey. They gorge themselves over the uncapped honey, which makes them less likely to fly around and sting you.
Working slowly and carefully, cut a piece of the honeycomb with a sharp knife. Try to avoid getting comb that contains larvae. Don't try to take the whole hive, just take a piece.
Try to spot which bee is the queen. She is slightly bigger than the others and probably won't fly. She may also have a greenish-blue spot on her back. Don't meddle with the queen, because the other bees will try to stay wherever she is.
Move away with your honeycomb. Then leave the bees alone.
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