A quick step up from a two frame mini-nuc to a 5 frame nuc. We start a mini-nuc with one frame of bees with eggs, brood and larvae. They will realize there is no queen and will make a new queen. It usually takes about 30 days for this to happen.
April 27, 2021: Bee Rescue at Mystic Cove Complete
Final trap out of six total in a month is complete. The bees are getting acquainted with Jilllibees Apiary.
April 22, 2021: Bee Rescue in a Tree in Belle Isle
Trap out was not progressing. So we went ahead and used R2B2 (bee vac) along with smoke to smoke them out and vacuum them up. They are now in Jillibees Apiary.
April 19,2021: Bee Rescue from Vista Lakes Moved to Hive
The trap out we brought back two days ago from Vista Lakes was so big, we had to place it in a normal hive.
Rescued Bees 
New Hive
April 19, 2021: Bee Rescue at Mystic Cove
This trap out is almost complete. The majority of the bees, including the queen, are in the box. There are still many foragers that are coming back to the original entrance and then head to the box with other bees reminding them where they need to go. Note the pollen baskets on the their back legs.