wild hive

[GunHill]

Ok here it is, I live in southern California and just found a hive in the wild. I have a bee hive that I just bought and it is empty. The bees are in a downed tree with a split in it. My Question to everyone is how do I get these suckers out and into my new hive. The winters here are non-existant (I am sure you have seen the rose parade)there are flowers blooming most of the year and the temps are mild. Keep in mind that to get to this hive is about a half mile walk on a horse trail, then off the trail a bit. What will I need. And how do I get them out and maybe a little honey because they have been there a while.

[odfrank]

Leave the bees in the tree alone and get bees somewhere else. Or, set up your hive as a bait hive a few hundred feet away in early March and hope for that hive to bait swarm into your box.

[jim b]

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