After struggling to get the smokey thing to stay lit - which is a bit ironic as everything around here is bone dry and everyone is on guard not to start a forest fire - I lifted off one of the top boxes, and checked the frames inside , swapping any slightly less complete with ones in the top box that stayed on the hive. After brushing off as many of the bees as I could ( even tho' I'd put the "chasse abeilles" in place the night before, some had stayed in the top boxes overnight) - I covered the top box and frames I'd taken off the hive with a damp towel, then pushed them back to the garage in our wheel barrow. Somehow things didn't go as smoothly as the previous times - the extracteur we'd borrowed this time needed the legs screwing on, so I couldn't put the frames straight inside to store whilst we got everything else ready, as it had to be rolled on its side to get the legs on. I carried the top box into the kitchen - cleared a space and put it down ( quite heavy) then decided to take it back outside, then changed my mind and brought it back inside... each time creating a bit more stickyness.
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