I've a few cutouts and a few wretched butcheries. So I'm building a Bee Vac.
Once I Vac the bees I wondered about my time issues. How long can the brood comb survive before it fatally chills?
Can I Vac bees, pop the brood in a box, drive it for a few hours and then put the bees back in. What about 12 hours? Surely 24 hours kills it?
An answer is required. Beautiful days in our great lives, health. Cindi
I can't give you an exact time, but what works well for me is that I cut out the brood comb, put it in frames and put the frames in a polystyrene nuc with attached bees. I have gone 6-8 hours with this method without issue, and expect could go longer. With my bee vac, I add the brood to the bees in the vac before I travel home.
Obviously outside temperature plays a big part, but I don't attempt cut-outs when the temperature is too low.