You know that all you had to do was kill the queen and remove the brood and the bees would have died on their own. Spraying them with soapy water will also kill them.Dear Fellow Bee Peeps:
I have recently discovered kicking bees out of a hive in below freezing temperatures will not necessarily kill them.
I have also recently discovered Bees that look dead on a frame kept outside in below freezing weather may not in fact be dead.
I have also stumbled upon a little known fact. If you see bees clumped together on the bottom of the leg of a table and they look alive after spending the night outside, in below freezing temps, they will indeed be alive.
Also I learned taking a frame with what appears to be dead bees and pounding it against the table of which the bees have clustered will awaken the bees on the frame and on the table leg.
Upon further reflection I deduced, 36 degrees f will not slow down bees very much if they are pissed off from spending the night outside in below freezing temps.
Learn from all I learned today. And if you don’t learn at least be smarter than me and wear a bee suit while learning.