Insert Existing TreeNodeCollection in TreeNode - vb.net

Problem:
In the screenshot below, I have a node 300-9885-00X along with its TreeNodeCollection (in the red square). A little bit lower, we find the 300-9885-00X again, I want to insert the TreeNodeCollection that we found earlier, into that node ...
Background Information
I have a recursive program that goes through AutoCAD / SolidEdge assemblies. It opens the documents and prints the assemblies, and their children, and so on (recursively) ...
Green color means it is printed
Orange means it has already been printed before, so we don't need to print it again...
Question:
How do we insert an existing TreeNodeCollection into a TreeNode?
Knowing:
The location of the TreeNodeCollection
The location of the node in which I want to insert the collection into
The following variable TreeNodes contains my collection. Must I loop through the collection in order to add its text?

You can't add a TreeNodeCollection to a Node. You must loop through the TreeNodeCollection and add the nodes individually like so:
For j As Integer = 0 To TreeNodes.Count - 1
n.Nodes.Add(TreeNodes(j).Clone())
Next
Notice I used .Clone(). This is due to the insertion of an already existing node. You can't do that, you must either delete the existing one or clone it. In my case, I had to clone it.

// Get the '_NodesCollection' from the '_parentNode' TreeNode.
TreeNodeCollection _Nodes = _parentNode.FirstNode.Nodes;
// Create an array of 'TreeNodes'.
TreeNode[] Nodes = new TreeNode[_Nodes.Count];
// Copy the tree nodes to the 'Nodes' array.
_Nodes.CopyTo(Nodes, 0);
// Remove the First Node & Children from the ParentNode.
_parentNode.Nodes.Remove(_parentNode.FirstNode);
// Remove all the tree nodes from the '_parentNode' TreeView.
_parentNode.Nodes.Clear();
// Add the 'Nodes' Array to the '_parentNode' ParentNode.
_parentNode.Nodes.AddRange(Nodes);
// Add the Child Nodes to the TreeView Control
TvMap.Nodes.Add(_parentNode);

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Larry
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