I got Z all suited up and we fixed the top feeder problem with 2008-B. As expected, the screen was not firmly attached and they were crawling straight in to the sugar water.
We replaced it with the new type feeder I bought yesterday.
I had thought about just leaving the broke feeder in the yard to allow the bees to return to the hive on their own, but since it was covered in sticky goodness and I didn't want a war between the hives I hosed it down and will fix and replace. Probably after I paint the wood that goes around it.
Between the drowning and hosing we lost less than 50 bees.
Z was a champ and I think it all went well.
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