How late in the year is too late to do a cutout? I have my name on a couple of swarm lists saying that I won't do cutouts, but I am getting 1 - 3 calls a week for hives in houses. The last guy wanted to know if I wanted the bees, if he exposed the hive. I told him if he found it in the next couple of weeks, I would be interested, thinking that much past that, it is really getting too late in the season, even with feeding all winter.