An update: the trapout only worked to a certain extent. The problem was the bees kept getting back in the house, so the trapout kept failing repeatedly. Did a newspaper combine with the first batch, I'll post pics in a day or two. I still have another box up there that's full of bees, but they won't raise a mated queen this time of year. (The first trapout raised a queen but something must have happened on one of her mating flights.) Still have the original queen in the wall, my roofing contractor is supposed to be here next week (but you know how contractors are). I'm wondering if there's any way to save her, and where she can be kept to overwinter. Climate wise, I'm in Nova Scotia, about a 3 hour drive from Perry Brandt. (Garden zone 6b, but close to the ocean, so damp.)
