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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 9150" data-attributes="member: 13">My recommendation would be dump them on the ground, then lift the hive off the plastic bottom and put it on top of the dumped bees, prop the box up at one end by an inch or so with a bit of wood or similar.Check underneath the bottom board to see if any bees there, if so dump them on the ground with the others. Then put the bottom board well away from the hive.Next day put the bottom board back and put the hive back on the bottom board.Attempting to hive a swarm into a hive with a ventilated bottom board has risks, I have had to fix so many problems for people who tried it. Better to hive them into a box on the ground, then move onto the vented board once all are inside.</blockquote>

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