having given this matter some thought, I think the way I would choose
would be this:
 
Take a large cardboard box and shake all the bees into it, spraying them
lightly with sugar syrup and shaking the box lightly from time to time.
 
Then add the queen - direct release into the box - once the bees are
demoralised and not flying or running.
 
Then I would dump them immediately in front of the hive and let them run
in with the queen
 
This is assuming that I didn't have another hive to split and add the old
bees from the drone layer to (after the queen is established in a split)
in order to arrive to arrive at two colonies.
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                        VE6CFK
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