Well, Schawee and I were at it again today. We removed two small colonies whose comb sections had fallen into the containers they inhabited.
Both were in a rebuilding state. The west bank bees had a pitiful looking queen, I think even a virgin that never mated.
We decided to combine the two and use the east bank's queen.
It was hot and very humid but we had fun. I'm on my way out the door now to seal them up and put them in my truck.
Tomorrow we will go to one of my bee yards and set the nuc up & release the queen. We will also be pulling honey and after that, likely another cut out that we looked at today, a big booming hive.
...JP
East Bank Bees Meet Westbank bees