Eduardo, my student, and I got this interesting job to remove a colony that had been occupying the underfloor area of a cargo container for 10 years. The owner of the property was moving and had sold the container, but needed to have the bees taken out first. So, a large tow truck lifted the container for us to gain working space, we vacuumed the flying bees and nurse bees and took 11 medium frames of beautiful brood! The combs fit perfectly in medium frames due to the spacing available to the bees between the floor and the dirt. The final photo shows us dumping the loose bees back into the hive with the brood combs. All went well and the queen was up and laying right away. 
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