Thanks Ray,
We plan on making the move this weekend so will post results if anyone is
interested.
Teri
 
On Fri, 22 Apr 1994, Ray Lackey wrote:
 
> Assuming you are working with double brood chamber:
>         1) using a separate hive body go through the hive an pull
>         the frames fulles of sealed brood.  be sure not to get the
>         queen.  Brush or shake frames as necessary to be sure.
>
>         2) Repack remaining brood together with empty frames on sides.
>
>         3) Restack hive with a Queen excluder on top and then the box
>         mostly sealed brood. Leave for an hour or overnight.
>
>         4) Remove body with brood and bees (to sustain temp) and take
>         to your friend's (probably still one body.) Remove his
>         cover and inner cover.  put down a layer of newspaper, cut
>         a few places between frames with knife or hive tool. Don't
>         open cuts.  these are just to get the bees started.
>
>         5) Put your body on top and replace covers with a small opening
>         on top.
>
> You have just taken away a number of bees, most young, and a large
> batch of bees ready to emerge.  This will only slow your bees a little
> but really jump-start his hive.  The extra laying space will keep your
> own hives happy until they are so busy with the honey flow that they will
> forget swarming.  You can also take the brood from a number of hives and
> get the bees from even another by the same method but you must be more
> agressive about removing bees from the frames.
>
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