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Things I did wrong:
Brought medium frames instead of deeps.
Didn’t bring any rubber bands
Dropped the first comb covered with bees
Did not tape my sleeves and pants legs to begin with.
Wore a single pair of socks
Did not bring enough buckets to hold the wrecked comb, etc
Things I did right:
Got the bees.
Wore a disposable zip suit (cutout is above and laying on the ground.)
Wore two pair of gloves
Brought enough frames and boxes (3 mediums with 30 frames)
Brought my cargo straps to hold the hive together
Brought duct tape for sleeves and legs (just didn’t use it to begin with)
All in all I think my first cut out went very well. The colony was underneath a mobile home and filled 3 mediums with comb & bees when I was done. Took about 20 or so stings, mostly on the back of my hands (even with 2 pair of gloves on). Worst one was under my watch band. Laying on the ground working above me (more or less), staying out of the drips, etc. I did drop the first comb off, set the girls in a bit of a defensive mood. Took about 4 stings right then. I did not have my sleeves taped at that time and only had a single pair of thin gloves on at the time.
The worst thing was cutting the removed combs down to fit my medium frames. I did not take any good pictures, only had my phone with me. The bees had very few SHB and I have seen no Varroa as yet, but really didn’t look close.
Brought medium frames instead of deeps.
Didn’t bring any rubber bands
Dropped the first comb covered with bees
Did not tape my sleeves and pants legs to begin with.
Wore a single pair of socks
Did not bring enough buckets to hold the wrecked comb, etc
Things I did right:
Got the bees.
Wore a disposable zip suit (cutout is above and laying on the ground.)
Wore two pair of gloves
Brought enough frames and boxes (3 mediums with 30 frames)
Brought my cargo straps to hold the hive together
Brought duct tape for sleeves and legs (just didn’t use it to begin with)
All in all I think my first cut out went very well. The colony was underneath a mobile home and filled 3 mediums with comb & bees when I was done. Took about 20 or so stings, mostly on the back of my hands (even with 2 pair of gloves on). Worst one was under my watch band. Laying on the ground working above me (more or less), staying out of the drips, etc. I did drop the first comb off, set the girls in a bit of a defensive mood. Took about 4 stings right then. I did not have my sleeves taped at that time and only had a single pair of thin gloves on at the time.
The worst thing was cutting the removed combs down to fit my medium frames. I did not take any good pictures, only had my phone with me. The bees had very few SHB and I have seen no Varroa as yet, but really didn’t look close.