I think the OP will find it more useful if you give some details of your own experiences with indoor cut-outs, rather than referring to other people's YouTube videos (which are, inevitably, edited to give a positive slant to the experience and the video maker)
So, you have told us you have done several cut-outs using a beevac. How did it go? What went wrong? How long did it take? What would you do differently next time?
You said,
I think the OP will find it more useful . . .
I think that the
most useful thing is to give the most wide ranging advice which is available. Actually, if the OP wishes to receive more information, he is welcome to ask.
. . . . rather than referring to other people's YouTube videos (which are, inevitably, edited to give a positive slant to the experience and the video maker)
I have been careful to suggest videos which have been informative and instructive. If you think that Jeff Horchoff’s videos are
inevitably edited to give a
positive slant then I will just have to disagree with you.
With regard to your questions, when I first built my bee-vac I first tested it with my own bees, and found that when appropriately gentle suction was used that there were no bee casualties at all. Perhaps it will not be any surprise to you if I say that the bees tend to cling to their surface when they are subjected to that stream of air which seeks to suck them into the bee-vac. It really is very helpful to be able to carefully control the amount of suction which is used, so that the bees are “coaxed gently” rather than “forced” into the collection hose. The actual nozzle which is used to catch bees is smaller (about half) in cross-sectional area than the hose which carries the bees into the catching box. This means that the air velocity in the hose is significantly less than at the nozzle tip, and therefore the bees can have a comparatively gentle trip through the hose.
How did it go? Very well. The biggest problem is that it can easily take more time than anticipated. It could also be a problem if some essential tool was found to be needed, which had not been brought along to the job.
What went wrong? Nothing went wrong. I had taken a lot of care in designing and constructing the bee-vac, so that there would be no possibility of it disassembling during use. It worked very well indeed. The biggest problem was experienced with removal of a hive from an electricity meter box which was inset into the wall of a house, where the bees had attached their comb against the electricity meters, switches, and fuses. It was inevitable that a lot of cells which contained honey were broken, and it was a sticky, messy task, and there were bee casualties because of that.
How long did it take? How long is a piece of string? I am reminded of Hofstater’s law, which states that, “It always takes longer than you think, even when you take Hofstater’s law into account”.
What would you do differently next time? It is very helpful to have someone to assist in the process. “Four hands are better than two”.
One thing that does need to be done after a cut-out is to carefully wash and rinse the inside of the bee-vac hose after use, because it can become sticky inside if bees have got honey onto themselves before they are captured.