Peter, Check out "Make a Suction Swarm Catcher" in
<pugetsoundbees.org>, "PSBA Forum".

If you install the bees in a hive and strap the parts together, can
you get it down out of the attic?  If so, do the whole job in the
attic, wait until after dark so that the bees have moved into the
hive, maybe wait another day or two, and then take the whole package
home after dark.

I just posted ("Dog House Hive") an easy way to get the bees to move
into your hive.

When I remove comb like you face, I cut the comb into chunks small
enough to handle with a hive tool, starting from the bottom of the
outside combs.  Fashion a paddle out of 1/2" hardware cloth to handle
the soft pieces with minimum bee squashing.

You probably won't even use your shop vac suction box.  It goes
easier than you expect if you don't try to handle pieces which are
too large.   I have always been suprised at how tolerant are the bees
of this major disruption.   Dan

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