I did a removal last week.
It was in a 100 yr old house w/ the bees under the upper story floor under the window and above the first floor ceiling.
The owner supplied the scaffolding(thank God!). The owner was re-siding the house so no recovering needed(again thank God!).I brought 2 helpers, a bee-vac, several plastic buckets(w/ lids) to put comb brood and honey in, 5 gal jug water for clean up and thirst, knifes to cut comb, rubber bands to attach comb to frames, flashlight, hammer, skill saw, pry bars, a screened in deep box for transpot and a spare deep just in case it was huge!!!
I opened it up w/ a skill saw(normally centered down a stud for reattachment), vacuumed some bee's, cut the comb out one pc @ a time. I got honeycomb first so I saved it in buckets broken and dirty comb to feed the bee's, and clean comb saved for me and the owner. I then had to wash up the messy honey from everything! Then came the brood comb which I rubber banded to the frame in the exact position as removed both up and down and left and right I put them in the deep w/ the lid open, I vacuumed up more bee's being careful not to suck too hard and kill the girls. Finally once I had most the bees I started to clean up. I noticed the bees didnt seem to congragate to the deep w/ the brood making me think the Queen wasnt caught yet. I inspected the cut out more and found a group of bees had moved over to the next frame in the flooring. I sucked them up got the queen and cleaned up @ dusk. Went home w/ a big group of bee's, $150.00 cash and a smile for having so much fun!!! Oh yeah, NOT 1 single sting or honery bee!!!(unlike my 1st cutout when I got over 70 confirmed stings). I went back the next day and only found 10-20 bee's left. This week the girls are doing well. Now brood and comb being built.
I'm looking at a chordless(battery powered) pwr tool kit w/ a skillsaw, sawzall, drill and maybee a hand vacuum to complete my cutout kit. Any recomendations? Skill, Craftsman, Porter, DeWalt all have them.
