Here is how we get a swarm into a new hive box. We park our buggy with the empty box under the swarm and then just shake the branch over the box. As long as the queen falls into the box all 10 - 20,00 of the rest of the bees will follow her inside. Within an hour or two they will all be inside and settling into their new home.
It is impressive to see a wild hive in a tree though. That is very rare these days with all of the diseases that now affect honeybees.
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