5-6-12 got a box, now how to lure them inside?

[CULTURED REDNECK]

I've just set a fresh tbh near the resident bee's living in my garage. How can I coax them inside? sugar water? honey? brute force? Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
your pal,
josh

[Rader Sidetrack]

They are unlikely to leave their present hive with any enticement you can offer. Your TBH with a lure may catch a swarm from the parent hive, but if you want the parent hive out of the building, you will need to do a cutout or trapout. Search this forum for more info on those terms.

[CULTURED REDNECK]

Gotcha, the bees can stay in the building, I just want a hive i can get a little honey from. It is in an easy spot to get at from the inside. If I cut a piece of comb and hang it in the tbh, that should do the trick huh? And I split the resident hive into two hives...

[Bsweet]

As long as ther is a queen and or brood in the wall they will not leave except to swarm or abscond.

[Michael Bush]

About the only way I've found to get them out of a wall is to do a cutout. You tear the wall open and cut the combs and tie them into frames. If you want to catch a swarm from them, then I would bait it with some lemongrass essential oil (just a few drops).

[Andrew Dewey]

Short of doing a cut out I think you are being wildly optimistic that bees will decide your new TBH is where they want to live. You'll need to stock the hive with bees - from a cutout or another source.

[CULTURED REDNECK]

I am optimistic, but I don't think that helps much...

[Nantom670]

Here is a guy name John from Georgia removing a hive from a shed, watch him. And you say its an easy place to cut out a comb from, why not just learn what capped honey looks like and cut you out a portion from their hive but don't over do it. This is a 3 part video on utube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zAJ...feature=relmfu
There are many good bee videos on utube. Swarms, installing packages, inspecting top bar hives, whatever you want to view.