>In article <<[log in to unmask]>,
you wrote:
>>         I'd suggest the following:
>> 1) close down the opening in the tree to one which can be covered with an
>> inverted cone of window screening sticking out about a foot and 1/2 or so
>> with the end of the cone reduced to allow the exit of a bee at a time.
>> 2) securely position a full depth brood super ( with full covers, base etc.)
>> high enough to be nearer to the old opening than the new opening at the end
>> of that inverted cone of screen.  You might make a little 2x4 platform
>> first.
 
>Isn't this the standard method to remove a "nuisance" colony from, say, the
>wall of a house, and it gets workers out but the queen is left behind and
>eventually dies?  Not too useful if you want to propogate the colony.  How
>do you get the queen into the hive body?
>
 
I assume you didn't get her out.  Yes, I think that would just deplete the
brood of workers, I think.  I read that post over and over to understand how
it would get the queen out.  I think he is advising to do it in the spring
and then deplete the hive till the queen comes out also.  My idea to cut a
hole in the top of the stump would give her majesty a nice dark place to
migrate UP into.  I will read the rest of the posts to see if this is
blatently against any rules before I proceed.
 
Thanks for your input,
 
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