In a message dated 95-07-05 08:50:04 EDT, [log in to unmask]
 
>P.S. I wonder if putting bee-go in the foundation/tree to drive the
bees out  would speed the process up.
 
   In my experience bee-go will not induce bees to leave brood or open
honeycomb.
 
   Drumming is the only thing I know of.  I have drummed bees from logs and
trees, but in a wall, you'd have to find exactly where they are.   We use
drumming sometimes for package bees. It will just about empty the brood nest,
including the queen. A rubber mallet works well, without damage, if you don't
get too exuberant.
 
   The problem with cone trapping is that you do not get the queen or young
bees, only the old ones that are the least valuable anyway.  If you find wild
colonies that are surviving without varroa treatment, you SURE do want that
queen.
 
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