Well, we got it done, although it was hairy again! My sister came with me today, as I mentioned, to try and inspect this hive, and when I lifted the lid off we had a bunch of bees rush out at us. My sister got stung on the arm almost right away. She was a wearing pair of coveralls, and they were just too thin to protect her enough from angry bees, so I had her go down to the garage and put on a long-sleeved shirt I had in there and my leather gloves so she'd be better protected. Once she was re-suited up, I had her remove the boxes while keeping them covered with my robbing cloths to try to minimize the flying bees, and I had her stack the boxes squarely so there wouldn't be gaps for the bees to get out of the boxes I wasn't working. I quick centered the frames in the bottom box, and then rapidly inspected the second one, stopping halfway to smoke myself and let the bees calm down a little bit. There were SO MANY bees in the air, and I did get a sting on my side and a second glancing one on the neck which I only found later. My sister sat a little ways away, and I called out the contents of the frames for her to note down as I went, and then called her over whenever I needed a box replaced on the hive. I didn't bother inspecting the fully capped super, and I put the top box over the triangle escape board. I'll have to suit up tomorrow to remove it, which is a pain; I usually just throw on a veil for that job, but not with these girls! Then I'll give them a good three weeks without bothering them, and hopefully they'll be more manageable by then.