Just my two cents for next time - a release form puts weight on your side but does not guarantee that you would not be sued. If you have not already, there are a lot of videos on the web (See JP's excellent videos) of cut outs. You can learn a lot from them (They are entertaining too!) I know you didn't have the time on this one, but now that you do it's time to sit back and say "What could of been done better? What equipment problems did I have (or not have, but could of had if X had happened). How can I fix those problems for next time? Oh, and a warning on the bucket vac (I have one and it does work great.), NEVER leave a big bunch of bees in one for very long (I'm talking minutes/hours not days - and the bigger the bunch of bees the shorter that time is.) They can overheat and die quick - I killed about four pounds of bees that way once. Long, hot cutout, and you think "Oh, they should be o.k. for the forty minute ride home... WRONG! I won't get into the whole "Should you have done it, and should you have charged." thing, enough others have weighed in on that. Only time will tell whether this was a good idea for you or not.
JC
JC