Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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I let a flower pot which had contained a beehive upside down, intending to clean it out and use it as a flower pot. A swarm of honey bees got to it first.

Here's how I transferred it from the pot to a regular beehive.