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Douglas Wrote:
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The second group of bees does not have a clear entrance, they are going in
and out in many different places along the wall. Mostly where the wood has
warped out and allowed them to get in. Since there is no hope of trying the
same trick with this group of bees, I am guessing that my only solution is
to remove the inner wall. This will destroy the integrity of what they have
built between the inner and outer wall. I am hoping they will then swarm as
soon as their home is no longer any good. Hopefully I can then catch the
swarm.
I was wondering if anyone has any comments or helpful hints.
Douglas Gibbs, Bandon Oregon
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Douglas:

I think that you can do with the second group of bees the same thing as you
are going to do with the first, I think that what you can do is to purchase
a tube of caucking and seal all the holes and slots between boards and
choose one to leave open that is the easiest for you to install the hive
body so they can go through it.  Before you install the hive body, make the
chosen hole larger so that it can handle a larger volume of bees and making
up for all the other holes that you will close up.

Just a thought. Good luck with that project.

Maurice