I took a video and uploaded it to YouTube. Here?s the link.
https://youtu.be/t1EONgdoEXw
I hope this helps. Really difficult to film in between the frames.
Appreciate any feedback.
Good video, I could see almost all of what you were pointing out. I would guess, based on what I could see, that the frame on the right side that you were thinking about trying to cut free probably doesn't have brood, only honey, just based on the look of the wax and the typical arrangement of a nest (brood toward the center, stores toward the edges; although I have seen plenty of colonies not abide by this "rule"). But the bees that had their heads in the cells, that I could see at least, didn't look to be feeding brood to me, just either eating or working the honey. I agree that the colony seemed very happy and calm, and that they could probably take another box IF you have another flow coming, which I don't know if you do.
My question about the liquid on the bottom board is the same as Les's: does it feel sticky, slimy, or just wet? If it's sticky, it's honey; if it's slimy, it's honey beetles have ruined; if just wet, then it's just water, but, as Les mentioned, you may need to change the tilt or direction of the hive, check the top for leaks, and/or increase their ventilation (if it's condensation as opposed to rain getting in).
Also, just a friendly reminder, all worker bees are female, so SHE was stinging your wrist.
I have an idea, and I'm not sure if it's a good one, since I've never had a hive this cross-combed, so I've never done this on this scale, and I'm not familiar with your seasonal rhythms of brood-rearing and flows. But given your completely understandable trepidation about trying to separate all this comb, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to try and manipulate the hive to get this box to be only honey. Then you could remove the whole box, harvest the honey, and then the crazy comb would be out of the hive forever. I have done this with several connected frames that had brood on them, which I wanted to separate, but was worried about the queen and didn't want to waste the brood. But I think the most frames I've ever had connected was four.
Everyone, do you think Guitarman could undersuper/nadir another box (place another box under this one), with at least some quality foundation, inspecting it regularly to be sure it's drawn properly and correcting any misdrawing early so it doesn't get out of hand. Just continue to ignore this box as the hive grows, and when adding boxes, always leave this cross-connected one on the top. I'd would imagine at some point in the seasonal colony cycle, the bees will have moved the brood nest down, leaving the cross-combed box as the super, which can then be harvested. Is that a viable option?