Re: Remove of bees at night....

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 21:03:27 +0200, "Daniel Fiske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hello all...
>
>I live in an old farm house....and a section of the roof has just been
>inhabited by a new swarm of bees. Unfortunately the only access to the bees
>is through a trap door and once you put your torso through it, the bees are
>about 2 foot away from me. The problem is that the room below can not really
>be cleaned out and so I can NOT have 100s or 1000s of bee landing up in
>there if I try to hive them. I went up this evening (after dark) to look at
>them and as they are new; there is no foundation or anything (on a side note
>they are a really beautiful at night....normally when I encounter a swarm on
>a branch or the likes they are a TIGHT ball....these bees where very loosely
>put together.....legs just touching each other.....gives the mass of bees a
>sponge look). I was thinking of moving them at night and I have never heard
>of anyone doing this.....I know they will fly less and so am hoping that
>they will not get too many in the room below. Does anyone have any
>advice.....I was thinking of getting a 5 frame nuc under them and then using
>cloth wrapped around a stick dipped in benzaldehyde (artificial almond oil)
>and using that like a "scalpel" at the top of the ball causing them to lose
>support and drop into the hive....I was thinking that that would be better
>than smoke because smoke will cause flight and will effect a large area?
>
>....any help would be appreciated.
>
>Many Thanks
>
>Daniel.
>
>
They hang like that to produce wax.

A bee vaccumn is what you need.  It sounds like a piece of cake
removal job.

beekeep