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i mentioned in august i was going to try a cut out at a friends cottage.
I decided to try in feb when colony and stores were smaller so had a go today.
Couldnt find the queen as awkward to get to, so handled as i would a swarm with as many bees from main combs as i could into nuc with QEX setting at front and have left to go back later to see if clustered back in original nest site, or nuc etc
broadly correct?![IMG_6040.jpg IMG_6040.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/22/22961-e0248ee5ee353b67445276c4f424a526.jpg)
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I decided to try in feb when colony and stores were smaller so had a go today.
Couldnt find the queen as awkward to get to, so handled as i would a swarm with as many bees from main combs as i could into nuc with QEX setting at front and have left to go back later to see if clustered back in original nest site, or nuc etc
broadly correct?
![IMG_6040.jpg IMG_6040.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/22/22961-e0248ee5ee353b67445276c4f424a526.jpg)
![IMG_6041.jpg IMG_6041.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/22/22962-c2efde9222a486bb232928646691435b.jpg)
![IMG_6042.jpg IMG_6042.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/22/22963-24f42e6266eee04d56c5840566325297.jpg)
![IMG_6043.jpg IMG_6043.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/beekeepingforum/data/attachments/22/22964-ed022862849cedaedeb13b156ffac1c3.jpg)