My bee mentor Roy and I got a hive out of a house today. Biggest hive he ever pulled in 50 years. We threw out comb and still had 2 deep 8 frame boxes and 1/2 a bucket of comb. Got 3 quarts of pressed honey and the rest of the wax/honey mix is in the crock pot on medium.
Caucasian and native mix breed bees. Could not find queen but did find 3 live queen cells. 1 is full of royal jelly and plenty of drones in this hive. If they stay I'll split next month and try to get queens for a friend.
I got stung once. Watching Roy fall off the ladder and run away. Yelling " There's bees in my hood" made it worth it.
