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jjjankovsky · 05-26-2012, 05:26 PM

To make that work, one needs to put a cone of fine wire over the exit of the existing colony about 18" deep with the small end away...the bees go out, but can't very well find the very small opening in order to return...

the swarm box needs a new queen, and iff you do all of this...and, they are honeybees...about 3 weeks later you will have most of the bees in your swarm box...maybe.

We used to perform this very slow transfer, but I still think you'd better identify the bug in question first. If they are yello jackets or other wasps, blast 'em!

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