I am a new beekeeper in Oklahoma and need some advice. My first hive swarmed while I was on vacation and until yesterday I had no idea where they went. Now I know that they built a hive in the top of a nearby tree among the branches. If my memory is correct, the hive is where a old plastic wal-mart sack had become entangled during a storm last spring. The hive is fairly large, aprox. the size of a man's torso. How should I proceed? I can get an Orchard ladder underneath, but there are no sturdy branches nearby & the hive is aprox. 18 feet off the ground. Thanks in advance, Kel Landrith