Defeated

I had hoped to report on how we rescued a colony of honey bees from under someone's concrete steps today, but the concrete got the better of us.  We thought the sides were made of cinder blocks, and the demo hammer we had would have gone through that pretty easily.  Turns out they were made of poured concrete.  We chipped away at the back edge, and got through the wall.  Behind it we found...another wall of poured concrete.  And we were still nowhere near the bees. 

The demo hammer we were using wasn't getting us through the concrete, and I think it had plenty of power.  So either we need a different tool, or we don't know the right technique for using this one.  Anyone out there have any expertise on breaking down a concrete wall?  OK, we thought of dynamite, but the homeowner vetoed that idea, no reason given.   (sigh).  We eventually had to admit that we weren't equal to the task (we are, after all, beekeepers, not demolition experts).  So we packed up the truck and went home to lick our wounds.  We'll keep working on it, though, as we really want to get these bees out of this person's home.  Further updates as they come.