> SO naturally I do not want to look thru this hive for a queen.  What is 
the
> quickest way to flush out a bad queen in a mean hive without pulling
apart
> their home?  I think we discussed this topic in a previous thread.  It
> boiled down to a decision between the mean bees or the wife going!!
 
When I had a similar situation here's what I did and it worked fairly well.
I put the hive on a hand truck and took it about 100 ft away under a tree.
I put an empty hive or box at the original site. After about an hour I went
through
the hive and removed the queen. It was on the third pass through all the
frames that I finally found her. Then the hive was put back in it's
original
location and a new queen introduced.  
 
Not a single sting! But I wore a lot of duct tape!
 
Kevin D. Parsons
Pittsburgh PA