I have used a hive net and soapy water. I covered the box with the net early morning before the bees where flying. After covered the hive I rapped a few times on the box to get the flyers to come out then dumped a bucket of soapy water over them. I killed the queen and split the brood and resources up and distributed it to other hives. It was quick, effective and I wasn't battling stinging bees. As for the dry ice method consider using a roll of palette stretch wrap. It would be a lot quicker than saran wrap. Karen *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html