so i am sure that number includes the honey from the brood chamber -meaning nothing left behind-still a lot of honey
Brood combs are NOT extracted. Only mediums and shallow supers above excluders were extracted.
Correct me if I am wrong
Wrong
= the bees get the boots!
up in smoke,Hit the Road Jack! seeya later alligator, Ciao!
As in sold to someone else - bye-bye bees.
there was a time when IN THE WIND was the
method of choice
No, it wasn't. It was a different method of choice, but considering the labor involved in shaking, and the lack of overwintering quality from those bees, I think the original method of choice was the correct one for that operation and those bees.
It's amusing how other people think they know more about how others operate than people doing the work there. Who cares about facts when you have folks spreading misinformation?