Talked to Uncle Alf today, who kept bees with my Grandfather from the late 1940s to the 90's, , he said use a wheel barrow at night....ok i thought it funny so asked more
at night seal up and strap up the hive to a wheel barrow then place the hive back (still on the Nasty wheel barrow in it normal position)
later that night open the entrance leave it for a week untouched on the barrow ( bee indent to the site and barrow)
on the 7th day prepare another wheel barrow hive ( Good Wheel barrow) and put in a 3 mile q+ nuc and foundation and wheel it next to the Nasty wheel barrow ( New hive thinks this is it home)u
on the 7th night, wheel the first nasty wheel barrow 6ft to the right and good wheel barrow on to the nasty site , nasty foragers (1/3 of hive say) enter the new hive
on the 15th night wheel the nasty wheel barrow 6ft to the left of the good wheel barrow (this weeks nasty foragers indented to new RHS now enter the new hive)
on the 21stnight nasty 6ft to right ( as 7th)(this weeks nasty foragers indented to new LHS now enter the new hive)
on the 28th Nasty 6ft to the left (as 15th
repeat every 7 days until only the queen and very few bees remain in the nasty then petrol the few remaining bees...
remove the wheel barrow from the new hive
no large lost of honey production, no need to open the nasty hive as it is loosing bees and will not swarm
but remember this was said in the pub by a 89 year old man after a few beers and I have never done it
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