I got to remove a hive from a bee tree on 3-28. They screened them in and cut most of the tree the day before. The opening was about 6? diameter from the ground up to just under the cutoff at about 7?. There was no open brood and I had at least 6 swarm queen cells, so the old queen and some number of bees were already gone. However, I got them and split it into 2 deeps. Considering the spotty worker cells, I was guessing they could emerge at any time. There were no stores in the tree and very few capped workers.
So, here are a few pictures.