Gone- Bees- Owl House Bunch

I'm happy about what happened.  I no longer have the bees.  I believe that I had a queen and she left with the remaining bees.  Pretty much when they were disrupted at the level they were subjected to I would think that is a fair assessment. 

It is possible that the bees didn't have a queen and they went in to the other 2 bee hives.  This AM the bees in hive #1 and 2 are calm, so I doubt this is the case.  They were stirred up when the bees attempted to go to join the colonies. 

What is next.  I have to get the torch  the bee hive inside killing any remaining hive beetles.  Yes beetles are still in the bee hive unfortunately.  Remember I didn't remove any of the upper frames and burn the box. 

Lesson learned is that I won't transport any ferrell bees to my bee yard.  The removal  risk is greater then the reward.  I now have to prepare my 2 bee hives for beetles this winter.   I will install what ever I come up with and make hopefully when it's still warm out.  I am pretty handy at doing this sort of thing designed and built.  I will look at what is available on the market and make my own bee hive mite protection is what I suspect.   I can fabricate plastic and make something work similar to the beetle jail.  Mites seem to like grooves and 90 degree corners, so I am thinking something like 1/8 or 3/16" groove in hive body exterior going down to the landing board where I can have hardware cloth that they fall into an oil tray will work.  Just a pain cause I will have to make the entrance different.

My goal:  These hive beetles hopefully will not be successful to the point they're unable to reproduce and I won't have a problem.   I need to do everything I can to prevent hive beetles completing the life cycle in the bee hives

Prevention and eradication of known beetles is the step I am going to take. 

Sometimes doing the right thing is the wrong thing.  This has definitely been the case and it's not been worth it at the expense of my other 2 bee hives.