Get a box big enough to cover hive then smoke the bees, they go dormant out box over hive and scrape the hive into box…. move box away and open it…. smoking will stun them for 15 or so minutes at max.
By smoking just anything that burns and makes white smoke no toxic and under burned black smoke..
You could also get two supers a base and a top and put the bees into that so you now have a hive you can harvest. Bee keeping is fairly easy but heavy a super can weight 80 lb plus when full of honey… we use half frames so easier to lift from above your head or you can take out each frame singlely.
Each year you can split a hive once if su per strong twice. Bees are a good thin when not in attic.
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namelus.
