You have to cut the combs out, saving the brood combs as intact as possible. I make a table with an empty hive body and telescoping cover. Lay the sheet of brood comb on the cover and an empty frame on top. Use frame as pattern to cut brood comb to fit. With brood comb inside frame, wrap it with string to hold in place. Bees will remove unless it's synthetic string. Any large pieces can be placed in an empty frame like a jigsaw puzzle. Tie in place. Place in brood box and add bees if you can scoop them in. Otherwise, locate hive with cutout brood at old entrance...with platform of some kind. Tardie said he has a bee vacuum. They work well to collect the bees. I would wait until the bees are building up well and it's warm. Go at it from the easiest side. Can you hack away, or do you have to be gentle with the building? I've removed interior boards and exterior sheathing. Depends on the situation. Mike At 06:59 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote: >I've been asked to remove two decade-old colonies from the walls of two >uninhabited buildings. What is/are the best way/ways to get the bees >into Langstroth boxes? > >Thanks, > > >-- >Bill Mares/Mares Apiaries >429 S. Willard St. >Burlington, VT 05401 >802-863-4938 >President, Vermont Beekeepers Association > > *********************************************** >The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned >LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > >Access BEE-L directly at: >http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2750 - Release Date: >03/16/10 07:33:00 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L