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[Mary Florence <maryflorence AT me.com>]

I have a very strong hive with lots of bees and 3+ frames of capped brood.  I 
want to move one or two frames of brood to a hive with laying queen, small 
amount of capped brood, but barely enough bees to cover one side of a frame.  

When I move these, do I leave the bees on the frame of brood from with strong 
hive, or brush them off and put frame in with as few bees as possible?  My 
concern is that the bees might not accept each other or the bees from strong 
hive might kill off the queen.