Steve Rose wrote: "The system they started to employ was to shook swarm 
the bees into an
empty cardboard box.  They then stored them in a cellar for a period (I
can't remember how long) and then shook swarmed them a second time into
a normal, sterile hive.  The cardboard box and any comb that had been
drawn in it were then destroyed by incineration."

This used to be recommended practive in the UK for swarms of unknown 
origin, to avoid importing disease, especially AFB into the apiary.  
Instead of a cellar (not many people have them) a remote 'quarantine' 
apiary was used.

Chris





  

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