My inventive streak comes to the fore once in a while. How about
connecting a vacuum hose to the bung hole, and "drawing" the bees into a box
of some sort? From box to hive might work for you. Or maybe go directly
from barrel to hive.
"Necessity is the mother of invention"
EDW
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