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How can I move a honey-bee colony from inside a barn wall to a 'bee-box'. The barn will be renovated in the spring and I don't want to kill the colony. They've been there for 3-4 years now.

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How To Move A Colony of Bees

by Marye Audet

It is a difficult task to move a bee colony but it can be done It needs to be done in the Spring when the population of the colony will be smaller and the bees have time to prepare for winter. Here are two possible ways to move a honeybee colony that has established its self in a wall. published 9 months ago

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