I don't think it was a live removal myself.
Free (tv news coverage and now all over the internet) and cheap (cost of scraping a hive into the garbage) advertisement for the pest control company.
Right G3. They had sprayed those bees with pesticides. A good reason why all that comb was going into a garbage sack. The word "swarm" was used incorrectly by the homeowner, the reporter and whom ever wrote the article which probably was the reporter. Thus perpetuating fear amongst the masses.
At the bottom of the article the pest company's website was listed. Priceless advertising.