And here is an update and an admision while I am at it!!! Basically I was terrified of the wee blighters gentle folks. They were only doing what wild animals do, protect their home/environment from a short fat jock in a space suit!! Anyway, the "angry" behavour was not agreessive at all, just my fear of the unknown so, I did the only thing I could, i bit my bottom lip, walked up to them with nuc box and bee brush and mister of suger water, sprayed them and then just shoveled them gently into the nuc box with five frames in it for them. I think I got the queen first scoop as well, I did 4 good brush fulls of bees into the nuc then put it back on the ground with the lid three quarters on and left them too it. Within 15 minutes they were bums up and fanning like crazy at the entrance to the nuc box and at the gap in the lid. The little old lady who's garden they were in, was really pleased to see them in the garden and was wondering why we came to take them away, I said it was due to not knowing where they would go to settle down and, as there were children using the gardens around her so, she then says "Oh well, that will be THEIR outlook then!" That was when I made my mind up to bury the fear and go get them!!
I suppose it will be ok to go round at 8 or 9 o clock when they should all be in the nuc, strap it shut, block the entrance with a bit of cloth then walk them the 600 yards or so to my allotment?
