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I recently tried to re-queen an agressive hive with disastrous results as it was a waste of time and money. I would definitely suggest that you split the hive into a couple of nuc's and add the mated queens that way.
 
I didn't know the meaning of wicked bees until last night. I went over to help a neighbor with his bees and we were riddled with stings. We had to run for cover in the middle and ended up not completing the inspection. Just closed up and added a super. were followed by a few dozen bees for a few hundred meters and they wouldn't leave us for over half an hour. Both of had full suits, gloves and boots. He told me the last time he inspected them he ran for cover and hid in the greenhouse for about half an hour.We are going back in a few days to split and requeen. Will be dressed like the michellan man for that one.
 
Derek,

I have not heard of baiting - would
be keen to understand this in more detail.

there are horrid people who like to torment animals to make them react. Banging on the hive to see the bees come out.
I've even seen a Beekeeper drum his fingers on the top of a hive.
The mower man who hits the stand with the mower/strimmer

And there are animals which just annoy..
A pidgeon that repeatedly lands on the hive,
a magpie that grabs bees from the entrance,

dont throw the bricks off the hive
dont drop tools on the top of the hive,
dont bang your feet on the stand
After cracking the seal of a box or a roof, count to 10 before removing it.
 
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Sadly I had to destroy a colony of Bees this year.
They had been increasingly aggressive all season
(Becoming more so as the Brood nest grew).
I would end up with 100+ stings in my clean suit each visit.

I did attempt to re-Queen the colony twice, after removing the original Queen,
but without success.

The site was on private land and the owners gardeners had been stung on at least one occasion.
My biggest concern at the time was that if these Bees swarmed the resulting swarm could cause damage to a member of general public that could even be life threatening.
Based on that concern alone I decided to destroy the colony.
It didn't leave me with good feelings, but its done now.
 
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