Emergency cutout

[Gypsi]

and the stupid guy sprayed the bees 1 month ago, but now has sprayers remorse. They were never aggressive, he has removed the carport ceiling, the hive is exposed, and we may freeze tonight

Figure I'll take equipment and go over there in half an hour.

I know I'm dumb, but I am not good at letting bees die. Any tips?  Throw out all honey due to probable pesticide contamination and feed feed feed?  Insulated blanket over and around hive tonight, this is probably our last freeze?

[Perry]

I don't think anything you do will hurt them any worse if they're exposed. Best of luck, and Thanks for at least trying. 

[Gypsi]

going then. Homeowner knows where he put the spray. There are 3 hives in the ceiling only one near that opening. He has sprayers remorse, good enough for me.

[blueblood]

You could always combine them.  It is hard to let them die, I sympathize.  I would destroy the honey for shizzle.

[Gypsi]

I am not sure if the queen is in the rubbermaid tub or up in under the board to the left of the main hive. All plain honeycomb was tossed, when I remove the bees I have 5 frames of honey in my garage freezer that I can put them on.  But it was getting late and very cold, and the bees that aren't in the rubbermaid tub are under a piece of ceiling, and the tub is all closed but a tiny corner. After the last clump I added the remaining ceiling bees got restive, I think the queen is in the tub, I loosened a corner so they could join her if they choose, not that they will at this temperature but also for ventilation, lot of spilled honey.. He will use his saw tomorrow morning to loosen the board they are hiding under, and he has a bee hat and heavy jacket and gloves. they are peaceful enough bees.

[LazyBkpr]

spray stays int eh wax combs. it is pretty strong when you cut the combs so you can usually tell which of them soaked up the insecticide.
   Usually the three or four combs closest to the entrance get spray, the rest aren't too bad. i toss those, but try to save any brood further back. Rubber band them into frames, after a week you will know if they are emerging or not, so you can replace the comb then.
   I hate it when I get a call for a removal and find out they have been sprayed. The queen quite often turns dud within a few weeks.. insecticide cause that?

[Perry]

Pitch the dark comb, and depending on where he sprayed you may be able to salvage the newer stuff.

[apisbees]

If you left the comb with no bees to cover it or exposed to the cool elements for to long, the brood is chilled or dead already.

[riverbee]

gypsi, just wondering what's up and looking forward to an update on these bees and what you did? 

[Gypsi]

Let's see I've slept since then. The bees I got here went above one of my hives, newspaper combine and seem to have done ok. None of the comb I removed had any eggs or brood in it, I went thru it all as I got it out. I threw it all away. EFB cured me of re-using wild comb in my hives, and new bees get to draw their own, the drought causes disease issues to hang on and on. 

about 2 weeks after the cutout the guy saw a swarm in a tree nearby, I suspect it was these bees (but who knows), I couldn't go so I passed the swarm call on to another member of  bee club and she picked them up.

It has been a phenomenally busy spring

[riverbee]

"Let's see I've slept since then"

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thanks gypsi for the update!