>> Set up an empty hive body for a while and then when nothing bad >> happens they'll feel better, move the bees in. If something bad happens, >> show them that it's empty and that it's not your fault, nature happens. A friend of mine expecting trouble place a 'decoy' hive on a spot where he wanted to migrate bees for a Himalayan balsam crop. Sure enough the expected trouble occured with a complaint to the police of nuisance and family being stung & harassed. The beekeeper dressed the policeman in veil gloves etc. guaranteed that he wouldn't get stung and took him down to the hive whilst the neighbour railed over the fence. On lifting the lid of the empty hive, the neighbour disappeared and was never heared to complain again. [log in to unmask] - Northern Regional Bee Inspector, UK - Bee Curious phone/fax 01704 822831 snailmail 'Asland' Flash Lane, Rufford, Ormskirk, Lancs, L40 1SW - UK.