Last year I killed an unworkable mean hive late in the season with sulfur
smoke.  The bees were a supercedure of Buckfasts from Texas. I just got in
from fooling with another supercedure of similar temperament. The sweaty area
of my sweatshirt has about 100 stingers in it. I sustained maybe 25 through
my hide.
    So far I have divided this 2 story hive into 3 hives and requeened 2 of
the splits that showed no eggs after a few days.
I have yet to find the queen in the queenright 1/3.
Tomorrow if I don't look too lumpy I will try again to find the queen. I have
moved the new requeened portions onto the queenright hives stand and toted
her hive off into the woods a ways.
Well the phone just rang I must have set the hive on a soft spot because it
fell over- wish me luck I am off to set it upright.
What a day- it hurts so much I can't help but laugh.