What products do I need to move honey bees from where they have set up home to a hive.?

Answer 1

For the most part I agree with Geolicious. If you've never done this before it might be outside of your skill level. If the bees are holed up in a hollow tree or building they will DEFEND that spot and that's where you usually run into trouble. If however you have a group of bees just hanging out on a bush or something, you probably have a swarm which is just a bunch of bees that took off from their old hive looking for a new home. Swarms are generally docile and a novice can hive them with little trouble. The first thing you need is a hive set up to receive your new bees. I get all my beekeeping supplies from these guys: http://www.westernbee.com/

Then all you do is take a box/bucket/or other handy container and shake/sweep/collect the swarm into it. Put a loose lid on it with a small space for the straglers to get inside. You must get the queen or the bees will leave the box to find her. If she's IN the box the bees will go in to be with her. You may have to make several passes to get the whole swarm. Let the container sit until dusk so any returning scout bees can find their siblings. You don't HAVE to wait but if you leave now the returning scouts will be left homeless. Bring the box home and dump the swarm inside. Leave the open box near the hive and any straggler bees will find their way into the hive. It really is as easy as that. You don't need smoke but you might be more comfortable wearing a suit, veil, and, gloves. Bees that are already set up in a tree or building are a bit different. You have to tear/cut open the structure and remove the honeycomb they've already built and the queen who will be hard to find. While you're doing this the bees will be going NUTS so expect to use a lot of smoke and a suit/veil/gloves combo;socks tucked into your boots. There's a bit more to it than that but that's what you're up against with an established hive in a structure. If you still want to do it yourself find a local beekeeper or beekeepers' club that can mentor you and help you.

Answer 2

A telephone and a phone book. You need to call a professional. Unless you are a professional beekeeper you don't really want to mess with this.

You want to get someone who knows what they are doing because honeybees are suffering in population right now and we need to make sure we don't endanger anymore than we already have.