Huge colony in tree in Addison, Texas

I got a recent call from a car dealership in Addison with this colony in a tree behind their lot. It was the biggest most grandiose colony I have seen in the wild. I managed to saw the branch off while at the top of a very precarious ladder with the hive body balanced underneath. The colony fell perfectly into the hive, but then the ladder promptly fell over. The bees exploded into the air, thier colony in pieces on the ground. Instantly I was sad, feeling I had destroyed the most beautiful colony I have seen. But knowing that they would have perished with pesticides if I didn’t finish the job, I gently placed the comb back into the box, and left it there for the night. When I returned early the next morning, all of the bees were inside the hive body, happily fixing up the comb in the hive. They survived the winter well, and they have now moved into the frames where they are storing honey and the queen is laying eggs.