Nice little cut out in the wall of a screened in porch. Swarm had moved in around fist of May. There was about 30+ pounds of honey and four deep frames of brood.
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
entrance in a knot hole
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
the inside of the porch
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
a little peek inside
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
a little crowd control with the bee vac
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
chunk of comb ready for the frame and rubber bands
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
looking at the brood, deciding where to trim the bottom of the comb
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g3farms at 2011-06-30
getting the last of them, notice the little white spot at the bottom center of the cut out, humming bird egg!!
I tried the extra shim with the screen in it to combine the vacuumed bees with the brood frames and let me tell you, if you make one be SURE that the slit for the screen to slide out of is small enough to NOT let the bees out. They were pissy to say the least. Took about four stings in short order when they boiled out of there and only got one in the palm of my hand while doing the cut out (grabbed my knife and there was a gal on the side of it and I squished her). All went very well, left the bees there and will pick them up tomorrow night.