Did the queen lay brood all through that big hive?

I'm definitely gonna want a queen from that monster hive Greg.. I'm in Riverside, close to Dayton.. will drive over and pick up.. I'm very interested in one or three of your waxed boxes also. Please Keep us posted on the monster queen project.

If you have other hives around it, you should take a chair and sit right before night there in front.. late afternoon.. and see if you see bees fly home from the other hives. I seen it with mine some times .. especially if it's a split made from those hives in a yard. Sometimes they are so smart and are able to trick them for months that they are their bees because they started from them and immediately the next day they start slow robbing. They even spent nights in both hives but keep taking the honey from one to other. It's very difficult to see. The best chance is before night because they are the last bees flying and you can clearly see them fly from entrance to entrance. But there's a number of them doing only that all day long and they even teach others how to do it. You will never see it if you're not there at the right time