>> Has anybody had experience with this procedure?
 
Gordon Scott   [log in to unmask] wrote
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>I tried it just the once (20 foot up), but without success. I
>couldn't get the escapes attached to the wall in any way that
>stopped the bees finding a way past them. Screwing a clearer
>board type structure to it might work. I was unable to do that
>as the bees were going in & out via a pipe outlet.
 
The only experience I had with removing bees from a building turned into a
nightmare. Finally I took a WBC cone escape, taped it to a piece of plywood.
That allowed the bees out, but with the tiny entrance they couldn't find
their way back. Mind you, we didn't get the queen, or the remains of the
combs. You would have to wait for all the brood to emerge, otherwise the
smell of rotting brood is disgusting, I for one will never do it again!!!!
 
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