Got a question for you guys. I have two combo hives. I want to move all the bees in each into two new langs. I'm thinking of just taking 2-3 of the brood combs and then everything else will be new lang frames with foundation. The hives are currently queenless or in the process of having a virgin queen come back from a mating flight..unless she is back havent checked in a few days. My question is how do I get the majority of the bees into the new hives? I will post some pics below of the hives themselves...any suggestions would be appreciated...I was thinking of maybe putting a deep super on the front....moving 2-3 of the brood combs up....and a new queen in a cage...with a queen excluder below the super to make sure she can't move from the super if freed. And then maybe the bees will move up into the super with the new queen.
But I dont know :s
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But I dont know :s
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/SamG347/PA%20Bees/FallBirdsandBees006.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/SamG347/PA Bees/FallBirdsandBees007.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/SamG347/PA Bees/SummerpicsAUGUST001.jpg