I understand you should never open a hive at night.
And I thought if you were moving a hive at night, you needed to close it up first.
Did you know that one of the largest beekeeping operations that sells bees is a scant 45 minutes from you?
http://www.beeweaver.com/home.php
http://www.rweaver.com/
(used to be the same operation, but brothers had a severe falling out years ago).
I think they are among the top 3 bee providers in the country.