Brenda, sometimes when I want to move the bees some very light breathing on them gets them to move away. They don't like the carbon dioxide from breath, my bees move away. Try that. Bees do not like to be brushed one little bit. When we were taught about brushing bees, we were taught to brush them briskly, not gently, and brush from the face first, not from their back ends, that annoys them even more, hee, heee, no one likes to be brushed on the butt!!! Beautiful and most wonderful day that we need and deserve too. Cindi