Yes, I have never had ideal anything during a cut out. He does renovation work? I suppose he is pretty hand with ladders and sharp objects. Everyone starts with 0 experience. sounds to me like you can't take "I'm not asking you" as an answer. But it does not sound to me like your friend is.My question is have any of you ever performed a cut-out in such "non-ideal" temperatures....
gh, your post just had some harsh or dramatic sounding words towards this guy's plans. I first took it as though you were standing against the guy, but give you the benefit of not knowing where your heart is at in this. I look forward to hearing about your surgery results and the cutout as well. Make sure the guy gives you details on his adventure in the bee saving episode so we can hear about it. Pictures would be good, but I can figure a first cutout could be too intense to care about photos.Regarding DanielD's advice ...thank you. Morale Support and advice is all I am able to give him at present.
Regarding Daniel Y, I am not sure what Daniel Y is saying here? I have been absolutely supportive by giving him advice, so putting tape over my mouth is the most NON-brilliant advice possible. Dan Y, if your attempt was to be a smart-ass then allow me to point out I have had major surgery this week and I am unable to attend, otherwise I would. In the future why don't you keep your smart-ass remarks to yourself. This is a proactive forum, not a reactive forum. And if your attempt was purely humor in nature, then you failed miserably.
"I have never done it ..." Obviously. I don't know what you expect such a suggestion to do, but it won't do what you think it might. I don't know why you do that.I have never done it but if he was in a hurry I would suggest using a shop vac at the entrance and maybe a little rapping on the walls to encourage the guards to come out before I opened up the walls.
You may have done just about all you can do for your friend. You may wish to protect yourself by staying away.It will be a struggle to even get into the 50's today here in NY, with rain and temps forecast this evening into the 40's tells me this guy may be in for a very painful, and possibly deadly day. My question is have any of you ever performed a cut-out in such "non-ideal" temperatures, and if so, what advice can I give him? He seams so bull-headed about getting them out, I fear the recipe for disaster simply awaits his arrival and a little insult to the potential injury.
What he has, shop vac.What's he going to put them in?
What he has, shop vac.
Brian, take your shop vac out to your hives and suck up some bees and see what it does to them.What he has, shop vac.
Sarcasm, Graham?So, Acebird, do you vacuum up the cut-out comb when you do your cut-outs? :scratch:
My advice:My question is have any of you ever performed a cut-out in such "non-ideal" temperatures, and if so, what advice can I give him?