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>I am using bee-go for honey removal. I leave the bee-go felt board on top
of
>the super for about 10 minutes.  However, when I remove the super and take
>it into my honey house, I still have lots of bees in the super.  Any
>suggestions or am I doing something wrong?

I have had the same problem, you may be waiting too long. The bees seem to
move down for about three minutes and then some will start to move back up.
This depends on a few factors such as temperature. Afterwards I use a small
shop vac set to blow out the nozzle to clear any remaining bees.

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