Keeping Honey Bees and Swarm Trapping

The concept of trapping swarms is very simple. The title, however, of "trapping" swarms brings up some strange ideas of fatal mouse traps (a quick and "humane" death) or even those "have-a-heart" style traps that keep the animals contained but healthy.
A swarm trap is not really a trap. It's a box, a bucket, a drum or some other attractive cavity that represents a temporary home for the bees. If you are familiar with beekeeping, a five-frame "nuc" box is often used to "trap" a swarm. If you ...