When you’re ready to transfer your bees you’ll want to put on your protective gear and get your smoker. The smoker you’ll want to spray right by the entrance to the mini hive that your bees will come in. This will help to slow your bees or even put them entirely to sleep. In this way, you’ll be able to move them without having to worry about getting stung.
The important thing is to make sure that you’re not transferring your bees during rain or foul weather. This is going to hurt your bees. Use the frames that are in the mini-hive so that your bees aren’t thrust into an entirely new environment. You want to keep the frames in the same order as they were in the mini-hive.
Your bees will start to move over to the new hive entirely on their own and that’s really what you want. Any bees that are in the frames when you transfer will be fine but don’t try to move all the bees against their will. It’s perfectly fine to leave the mini-hive next to your new hive until the bees move on their own.
Once all of your bees have moved you will be able to remove the mini-hive and put your stone back on top to keep the hive more secure. Your bees will continue to return to the new hive once their queen has established herself there and she will establish herself when the frames are transferred.