Bees in a Soffit Again

This soffit removal was a bit of a rush job. I got there in the evening to assess the job and ended up doing it in about two hours just before dark. For that reason, I didn't have that many great explanations or camera shots. I Install it at my home yard and have since combined it with another hive.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Were you able to find the queen? I place a queen excluder over the box and place a medium empty on top of the excluder, then I shake the bees on the excluder to find the queen and have been very successful with that. Nice job!

[@adamkerschenheiter]

Good idea. I didn't have a queen or she was damaged. They requeened from comb/eggs I rubber banded in. She should be back from the mating flight this week. Otherwise, I will combine with another hive. At the end of good mating flights in Michigan though... I had 4 full frames of brood so population is ok...