Seems I am always asking for help with these two hives - but, a bear
demolished them while I was on vacation.  They were situated in the backyard
of a friend's house on a hillside, 35 miles east of Seattle.
Anyway - what was two hives is now combined into one, they were pretty
huddled together so I am assuming that there is a queen in there somewhere.
  Concern #1, Will they stay? I moved the bees only 80 feet, up the hill and
inside a chain fence.  This was just before dusk and there was no visible
fanning action but there seemed to be a lot of bees performing 'play
flights' as though they were trying to learn the new position.  But, large
clumps were just hanging off both sides of the *new* hive.
  Concern#2, There are now 4 western boxes filled with bees and 1 super of
foundation on top of an excluder - how to prevent swarming?
  Concern #3, I got a lot of stings tonight, two on my neck (before I
noticed how seriously 'upset' they were) and about 20 on my ankles.  I had a
brief, 2 minutes?, episode of sweating & palpitations about 30 minutes
afterward which I attributed to the stings.  Nothing else, but that was the
most stings I ever got in one day.  Is this something for a guy Bush's age
(!) to worry about?

BTW- The all plastic Pierco frames I use for brood came through this fairly
unscathed, the wooden frames with Pierco inserts were ruined by being
chewed-up.  Lesson? Stick to city beekeeping, I guess. 8^) TFL

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