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"Not sure the best way to do the cutting," *** saw /drywall saw - £9.99 at screwfix.

that's not a large swarm - a decent sized swarm would have similar outline BUT no post!!!!!

you didn't need the frames in the box.

where and when did you buy them?

elderflower mead any chance of the recipe tom?

under an umbrella. tip/shake bees into empty hive, carefully slip in frames and close. job done.

perhaps someone could start a trend by posting rear views of hives.

"is photo degradable so will eventually deteriorate in sunlight so yes, paint it." like all them young ladies posting selfies on twatter etc. degrading themselves via photos. and covering themselves with several thick coats of protection.

as above - aside from the tiny gaps prone to freeze damage and algal colonisation the big problem is UV damage - take a look at a PH that's been outside for a year. the surface is slightly powdery. painting prevents all these problems. one just has to decide whether the time it takes to paint...

"I found mouse droppings in there so just want to sterilise before I give them back to the hive" plenty of hives will have had mice droppings (and, of course, mice) in them over winter. bees'll do all the sterilisation you need - a coating of fresh propolis and Robert is your proverbial. No...

"Free bees" That's barely enough for a queen cage, let alone a caste or even a prime swarm. still some people get easily excited. TFIC well done!

"Much as I hate to agree with RAB, he is dead right on this one." Although of course, further to my previous post, despite Ethanoic being the correct systematic name, Acetic is the preferred IUPAC name.

"My thread was moving to a different apiary, over 3 miles away!! And I wanted only one journey!!" presumably just the hives and no fox, chicken and grain?

"Is it normal for them to sit around for days? Should I look harder for mine?" i should add that most of that time was spent tightly clustered in the rain.

why the water spray? your closed hive doesn't have one!!!! bees'll be fine - the spray is just to help out in a very hot enclosed vehicle during transit. just think package bees.

personally i'd've just manned up and done it as soon as they'd had a few minutes unleashed on new site. KISS. no need for an extra visit. even better would've just been to tip from swarm box to new hive on day on collection, or maybe next morning.

had a nice one sat at chest height in a tree for 3-4 days last week. unfortunately OH had to just keep an eye on it as unsafe for her to collect. bees ignored hives with old brood frames placed around them and left on thurs pm. however she spotted one on way home from local nursery - now safely...

can be done whenever - so long as you keep the new box on same site as the old one you're ok. they are reorientating to a box they call home at position X+/-3ft no more.

as per rab - fully provisioned 14x12 does not need fondant. "Year two... two late swarms" How late? mid october? plenty of time to feed up late swarms otherwise.

had scouts investigating gap under roof at parent's house last week - long distance emergency solution was to spray WD40 into the void. seemed to work as no further activity.