> >
> >    Bees will leave the wall colony through your bee escape cone, but not be
> >    able to find the little entrance upon returning; so they will join the
> >    nuc colony.
>
> This method can work for well established colonies, not just recently
> arrived swarms.  However, you'll need more than just a nucleus box to
> take the larger number of bees.
>
> It is also said to be possible to extend the technique to get the honey as
> well as the bees.  I've never tried it so I'm just reporting what I've
> read.  The method goes something like this:
>
> After you've got all the workers to join the second hive the queen in the
> wall dies.  Now remove the cone, or whatever you may be using as a
> one-way 'valve'.  (I've also heard a Porter bee escape suggested.)  The
> bees will quickly rediscover the old hive and rob it of all the honey.
> Once they've finished, remove the second hive and seal up the entrance
> hole in the wall.
 
I have used this method, and yes it does work but takes quit awhile for the
hive to die off if it is very strong. I have also tried to get the honey out in
the way described. The problem is that it will only work when there is no
necter flow as the bees seem more interested in necter then honey. It was my
experience that when the hive finally started to rob the dead wall hive so did
other neighboring hives which in turn started to rob the hive that had been
extracted from the wall. The end result was not good. My experience is that it
is never easy to get a hive out of a wall, and that when successfull EVERY
effort must be made to seal any access to the wall space or another swarm will
restablish the hive, good luck!