[Dave360]

I have a feral hive in a tree about 30 feet from my back door I need to remove they have been there about 3 years and have gotten much more defensive never bothered us before but now if you get within 10 -15 feet they will sting my wife has been stung 5 times this year i have been stung 3 times
we are new beekeepers just got one colony a month ago
my question is i want to trap the bees instead of just killing have read about placing a cone and hive box with brood and stores but i don't have extra frame of brood i do have extra hive body frames with foundation and some medium frames with drawn comb i was wandering if i could put up hive body frames and a queen in a re queening frame with sugar water in hive feeder

any thoughts would be very much appreciated

Thanks Dave

 

[Dave360]

Thanks for replies marking queen is probaly a good idea
yes it was a full hive and they are getting stronger but not a real strong colony so i would hate to rob then of brood might be able to take some stores i was wandering if i put in a queen in would they accept her ( i was planning on leaving her caged for couple of days) and should i put her in in begining or after a couple days after some of the bees have moved into box


Thanks again