Brian,
What Iddee said except I did not kill any bees. In both cases all of the bees were out for several days to a week before i sealed them up. I doubt there was any honey left in them, one had just swarmed before I always.called and the other was a swarm that had moved in a week before I was called.
Down here, by the time the queen moves out, the SHBs are hatching if not before.
Jim