This is a really terrific post, great job of documenting the whole process and I am glad you proceeded without an exterminator. We need more bees. It would be so cool to have your own hive, I hope you follow through with that! I think my favorite part here was you shooting the short video clips of (your daughter?) taking the selfies with the bees. Hilarious!
Cheers - Carl
Thank you. Yes, we need more bees and we're the sort of household that carries bugs, spiders, etc. outside, rather than stomping them. We've even had pet insects at times.
The video-like sequences are from taking photos close together on the phone and then stitching them into a gif. Yes, that's my daughter; she is hilarious and has no fear of anything (other than the opinions of other teenagers).