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I have hesitated to respond waiting for someone else with more experience than I have to suggest using the removable swarm catching frames for
transferring the comb and brood but since no-one has I guess I better.  The description of the frames is as follows:

This hinged frame, that opens like a book, is designed to allow
easy capture of feral comb that can then be placed into a
conventional hive. Designed by Dee Lusby, it's basically a split
frame that is wired on both sides to hold comb in place. Once
filled, the frames are nailed together and placed into a hive.

The link for the plans is:

http://beesource.com/plans/swarmframe.htm

Somewhere in beesource.com are some really cool pictures of using these frames to transfer the comb from a swarm trap to the frames.  I couldn't find that
link and ran out of time to look.  It was related to someones trip to visit the Lusbys in Arizona.

Good luck!

Tom

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