Yes, it is done all the time in top-bar hives. Just feed some 1:1 sugar syrup, reduce the entrance opening and they are good to go.
Here is a a photo showing the comb drawn at day seven and day eighteen by the 3 lb package of bees placed in a horizontal top-bar hive.
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At day eighteen the colony is beginning to draw comb on the ninth top-bar.
Here is a a photo showing the comb drawn at day seven and day eighteen by the 3 lb package of bees placed in a horizontal top-bar hive.
At day eighteen the colony is beginning to draw comb on the ninth top-bar.
