>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, ################## From the desk of, Bruce Kemp [log in to unmask] 1-540-626-4677