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I did my first cutout this past Friday for a swarm that took up in the balcony of a second story condo. The owner wanted to exterminate them but Terminex would not do it so he called me to remove for free... The bees had moved into the area between his grill cover and his grill and had built 7 rows of comb with 4 containing brood. I cut out the comb and scooped uP the bees along with queen and transported to my yard in a box. When I got home I moved them into a 5 frame nuc and rubber banded the comb to 3 frames and dumped the bees in.. I did a hive check today so 2 days later to peek on them and they were infested with ants plus they had abandoned all the brood I rubber banded and all the bees where huddled in the corner and a side of the nuc with the queen. Not sure what to do or if I did something wrong? Any ideas???