AI6YR BenWhew, late night hauling angry bees. Stuck them in the back of the kid's old pickup truck, which was good, because they were escaping out a hole in the back of the lid and trying to sting. I think about 10 or 11 stings total involved in this whole operation (fortunately, none for me and nothing serious). Apparently Brazilian beekeepers in the 1950's are to blame, lol. #beekeeping
***queen was destroyed; we are giving them a chance to regenerate with a better queen (if we are lucky), as commercial Italian/other bees are not yet available, it's too early in the season for commercial queen availability. If they are not of cooler disposition (or even if they are) we may attempt a queen replacement in May of all of them to temper the gene pool here a bit. Unusual for us to have a hive this hot. It was perfectly calm last year, but they respawned a new queen who carried aggressive tendencies. #beekeeping
Lockpick Extreme@ai6yr good luck with this colony.