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- 6
Fortunately, that's not a shook swarm ..original Q ,1 frame of brood and 8 frames of bees into a poly nuc taken to new location and added to empty hive.
A shook swarm is where some raving lunatics empty all the bees from an existing colony into another hive with just frames and foundation, discarding any brood and sometimes stores ... not the answer to anything much in the normal run of beekeeping - apart from some SBI's who will allow it when EFB is found.
It's recommended by lots of less than thinking beekeepers for everything from 'spring cleaning a colony' to 'swarm control' and a load of other things as well ..
All it does is sets back a thriving colony .. not the best idea that has ever come down through the annals of beekeeping.