If it is a boxed pillar, you should be able to remove one side of the pillar and see the comb and bees. I would smoke the entrance before I did this. If they don't cover you up at that time, you can just work slowly removing each brood comb and tieing it into frames. Don't bother with the honey comb. If they do get too aggresive, simply vacuum all the bee into a shop vac and dispose of them. Nobody wants hot bees.

Thanks for the response - this is essentially what we did.
The bees were actually very gentle.
Now the sad news. The hive has not done so well after the move. Probably from my lack of experience.
While my dad and I were in our gear moving the colony twice someone stopped to ask us to move bees. I don't know about other places, but in our area there seems to be a real problem with bees in bad places - in homes and garages.
Here is what this experience taught me.
It is not good to destroy wayward colonies.
It is expensive to have it done professionally. My low income and elderly neighbors can't afford removal.
Bee folk, at least in my area, are not part of the solution. I'm really trying not to be bitter about this part.
Maybe bee removal should come under the control of city government - animal control. In Alaska they relocate bears for pete's sake!
If I had had a little help or more experience the hive might have had an easier time of it. Everyone wants honey - nobody wants bees. Thanks for letting me vent.

VENTING IS GOOD sometimes lol

Keep up the good work and you will gain experance with every removel, we (I and 3 nubees) removed a LARGE hive from a house this past Saterday. I am trying to get younger beekeepers involved in removels and I haven`t done it a lot.

It is a lot of work we worked for 6 hrs and removed 4 (5gal) buckets and 2 deeps of comb and honey.

When you gain experance there will come a time when you MUST charge for your time but for now enjoy :)