Shauna:

Last summer right here in midtown Anchorage a brown bear attacked one of
our hives which was located on property along the "green belt" park of
Campbell Creek. (The attack made the local 6:00 p.m. news.) The hives were
situated on the ground. Directly behind the hives was an 8 foot high
platform attached between 3 spruce trees which was formerly used as a tree
house by the property owner’s now grown children. We simply had to move the
other hives up onto the platform.

We relocated  all four hives to the platform including the remains of the
attacked hive that miraculously still had the queen and a tiny cluster of
bees. A hive body with empty frames was set in place at the original
location. The day after the move, the hive body on the ground probably had
a good 3 pounds of field bees from the relocated hives. We combined these
returning bees into the remains of the attacked hive and set the empty box
back in place at the original location. After a couple more times of
gathering and recombining, the bees stayed in their new location.

Perhaps that may be an option. Move the bees, set out an empty box with
comb and recombine a time or two. No spare hive body? A cardboard box would
probably work as well.

Regards,
Dick