Does anybody know anything about bee traps?

[KyBoy]

I was talking to my cousin recently and he said that he found a bee tree.   He said that he had mentioned that he was going to cut the tree down to get the bees, but an acquaintance told him that there was a bee trap and a method for using it that could be used to catch the bees without having to cut the tree down.   I had never heard of this, but agreed to  post the topic for input from someone on the board.   The concept seems very plausible for the worker bees, but I don't understand how the queen would be extracted from the tree.

Any input or suggestions about low impact bee removal would be appreciated.

KyBoy

[Understudy]

Because it is early and my head is still foggy, I may not get this right.
The device is a bucket on the end of a pole with lid held open by a string.
The bucket is used to nudge the bees into it and then the lid is closed.
Here is the thing. This only works with a swarm on a branch. If the bees have built  comb forget it. You are better off cutting down the section of branch.

There is a picture of the bucket trap on some thread in this forum but I can't remember where.

Sincerely,
Brendhan

[Robo]

You can trap them out with a screen funnel on the entrance hole and an empty hive.  Some have claimed that they get the queen, but I always put a queen in the lure hive.

[KyBoy]

Thanks for the info, Robo.

[Michael Bush]

http://www.bushfarms.com/beesferal.htm