[Mr.Beeman]

Between floors. Hive was 6' long, 16" wide and 12" deep.



One big ole fat queen!



Scott cleaning up the straglers.



30K (roughly) of bees in their new home. Took approx. 4.5 hours to complete. We removed about 125# of honey.

 

[Mbeck]

Wow!

You work neatly

 

[WBVC]

I wish my managed hives were as large and prolific. Who says feral bees don't flourish

 

[Bee Whisperer]

Amazing. Did one something like this once, but you are much neater than I was. Lots of comb there. Was there a room below this? If so, how did you clean up the sticky mess?

 

[Mr.Beeman]

Thanks for the replies. I try to keep things neat as possible during the cutout to keep the clean up to a minimum. I also have a pet peave about stepping over debris. I know... it's wierd.

There is a room below this as a matter of fact. The second entryway is just below this hive. Just after the removal of a comb and before removing the next, I use a non toxic, biodegradable granular absorbant that absorbs the liquid and honey. By the time we are ready to clean up, we just scrape up the residual.