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LOL dcross, I prefer "lucky". :)

As promised. The box is a friend's super. It's what he wanted to use to collect them. I don't believe it works as well as a full deep, but it's what he wanted.
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The answers to your other questions (I'm responding from my iPod):

The ply and cone prevent the bees from getting back into the tree.

Keys from what I've read are to place some drawn comb (the...

The cone was made from scrap metal window screen, but I would assume it could just as easily be made from screen manufactured from other materials. It was about a 6 inch diameter at it's base and 6...

First year beekeeper, loving it, glad I found this forum. Follwed the suggestions on here and did a very successful trapout from a tree.

I covered the opening in the tree with 1/4 inch ply with a...

I've been stung a number of times since starting, they turn red, a little smaller than a dime, with a white center, but no itching or other irritation later.

New beekeeper, started 1 month ago with 2 packages of Italians from Georgia. One hive doing great, the other trying to make a new queen.

Had a friend with bees in a tree (for the last 5 or 6...

Thanks everyone. I'll watch the new queen cage carefully before, and the queen after (if) I release her for signs they have accepted her. If not, I'll give her away and just close it up and let...

Thanks Countryboy. No other answers to this post, so I went out today with my new queen. Opened up the hive and clearly saw drones crawling around, no eggs still, and now a new queen cup. It seems...

There are no eggs in the "bad" hive. Only larvae. I suppose I should count myself lucky at being nearsighted and able to spot eggs easily. :)

Here's a pic of eggs from my "good" hive:
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Help!

New beekeeper (1 month). 2 hives, 1 doing great, almost textbook, but the other has some weird stuff going on:

1. I cannot find the queen, but then again, my queen finding skills may...