The bees need to be removed from the supers and as with all things there are a variety of ways to do it.
One way is to use porter escapes.
These are one way exits and the springs allow the bee to pass through but not get back.
They are put in a crown board below a super and as the bees leave they cannot get back in and the super gradually empties
Trouble is this can take up to 24 hours. There are variations of these that have wider escapes but I've never got on too well with them so I use a quicker way that doesn't seem to disrupt the bees too much.
This is how I do it.
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