Sue Slingsby wrote:
>
> many years ago someone suggested throwing a long rope over branch in tree
> and fussed until both sides hung to ground --- attach a frame of brood and
> pulling one end -- raise it to swarm --- most bees and q will get on and
> then it can be re-lowered to ground and placed in hive  and rest of swarm
> will follow --- sure enough it worked for me on several occasions when the
> bees were out of reach of ladder or  sanity - smile - hope this will help
> someone with a swarm just out of reach.......
I've gone one step farther.  we've run the whole hive up, but you need a
larger rope after you get the first line over the branch.