I realized today that it's hard to take photos when one is wearing a veil and elbow length gloves.
The background is that this hive has been in this building for a long time and the new owner would like it out. So the state bee inspector came up and pulled it out. There was a hole at the bottom of the framing where the bees were getting in. She smoked them a bit then started in with a sawzall pulling the planking off the wall. Oodles of comb and honey inside, along with a ferocious amount of bees. Empty frames were brought along and the old bee comb from inside the wall was rubber banded into the frames. The frames along with a big fat queen were stuck into two hive boxes, loosely and covered up. The inside part of the wall was completely removed of all traces of wax and honey and a little liquid smoke was sprayed inside the wall to deter the bees from returning. That was it for today. The new extracted hive sits next to the building now until the bees are conditioned to the new hive. I'll check in on them tomorrow.
The bee inspector said the bees are Italians, and judging from the comb in the wall the hive is probably 50 years old! Amazing. Handling them is like walking through old growth forest.
Here's my only picture from today (maybe more photos to follow once the girls have settled down):