In between the efforts to dodge the TSA, avoid sitting next to smelly person on the plane, and offering sacrifices to the gods of lost luggage. I do on occasion get to make brief visits home. In that time I try to do a few cut outs.
I had one that was actually pretty easy. The bees were in a flower pot. that had been on the ground upside down. They were probably a swarm from one of my hives as they were in the same neighborhood I live in. Also the comb was new and there wasn't much of it.
I figured it would be a great way to practice my looking for queens. I would also get to wear my golden knight bee suit.
So I laid out a white blanket on the lawn and with almost no smoke I took the bees and shook them onto the blanket. I must have looked through the bees for 10 minuets. Guess what I couldn't find the darn queen.
I also got to move one of my nuc hives to a medium.
Here is the url for extremely silly photos.
http://www.brendhanhorne.com/coppermine_dir/thumbnails.php?album=95Sincerely,
Brendhan
Currently in Little Rock, SC