In reference to my last post on 7/29 "ouch", this aggressive colony is better but not how they used to be. So I am going to re-queen. Two thoughts: 1) the new queen is currently with approxitmity 2lbs of bees. I could remove the existing queen and do a newspaper combine. or 2) catch the queen and some attendents in a queen cage, remove the existing queen and introduce the new queen like you do with a package.
Also, When talking about re-queening do you use seasons or calendar year(s)? Thanks