> I was never brave enough to attempt it, however during my time beekeeping I was amazed at how magical smoke was. Picking up handfuls of bees in their hive and

> I was never brave enough to attempt it, however during my time beekeeping I was amazed at how magical smoke was. Picking up handfuls of bees in their hive and not being swarmed feels like a super power. I'm not brave enough to attempt it either, except -maybe, someday- with a) smoke, b) a veil instead of a suit, c) nukes rather than mature hives, d) in top-bar hive bodies rather than Langstroth boxes. Fuck Langstroth boxes -- you can't help but kill bees in those boxes, and the moment you kill one you're in trouble. Top-bar hives make it much much easier to not kill any bees.