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Re: swarm removal
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Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:39:33 -0400
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You have to cut the combs out, saving the brood combs as intact as 
possible. I make a table with an empty hive body and telescoping 
cover. Lay the sheet of brood comb on the cover and an empty frame on 
top. Use frame as pattern to cut brood comb to fit. With brood comb 
inside frame, wrap it with string to hold in place. Bees will remove 
unless it's synthetic string. Any large pieces can be placed in an 
empty frame like a jigsaw puzzle. Tie in place.

Place in brood box and add bees if you can scoop them in. Otherwise, 
locate hive with cutout brood at old entrance...with platform of some 
kind. Tardie said he has a bee vacuum. They work well to collect the 
bees. I would wait until the bees are building up well and it's warm.

Go at it from the easiest side. Can you hack away, or do you have to 
be gentle with the building? I've removed interior boards and 
exterior sheathing. Depends on the situation.
Mike





At 06:59 PM 3/20/2010, you wrote:
>I've been asked to remove two decade-old colonies  from the walls of two
>uninhabited buildings.    What is/are the best way/ways to get the bees
>into  Langstroth boxes?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>--
>Bill Mares/Mares Apiaries
>429 S. Willard St.
>Burlington, VT 05401
>802-863-4938
>President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
>
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