Hello all,
I have a question and a problem- I think.
First I took a swarm from above a very good hive of two years of age.
This was three weeks ago, which was a week after I made an increase from
this same hive, very prolific. Because this hive has been quite nasty
from the beginning I decided to requeen the swarm colony while it was
small( five frames).  I ordered a spare queen and went to find the queen
in the swarm colony and found that the bees had built their comb in nice
rows sideways between the frames of foundation, five to seven rows
bridged between each pair of frames.  I have had this happen with only a
row of comb and when left alone the bees straightened all out  and all
was well. Needless to say I cannot find the queen under these
conditions.  I scraped out a few bridges of comb that did not have larva
in hopes they will straighten it out.
1 short of blowing them all out on the ground is it possible to requeen
these nasty friends?
2 does someone have experience with this kind of comb construction? will
it take care of itself?  Should I maybe blow the bees out and scrape most
of the comb , requeen with queen excluders over and under the brood
chamber and see if they figure it out?
3 Or should I leave it all alone, And put up with this one being nasty,
they are tolerable.
Thanks in advance,
Al Boehm
Columbus N.C.