A friend of mine has some bee tree's on his property so I went to take a look , one tall cherry has a very busy colony going and has been there for quite awhile about 30 ft. up , the other is a limb off a huge maple that rotted off and fell , the limb is about 20'' dia. . I have the limb cut about 4 or 5' long with nice flat ends for covering and moving to a better location , bee's paid no attention to me at all . When I start cutting comb to put in frames I saw where Lauri used cable ties wrapped around the comb and the top bar of the frame has anyone tried this and is it better than rubber bands , also what if I go through all the comb and can't find the queen will the bee's stay in the hive while I am there cutting comb .