Swarm hive gone. It looked like most of them went home to parent hive. Is that a thing?
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It can be, if they donāt reach consensus. They will probably try again, though. 
I caught two swarms this week- one has stayed- one absconded on me 
Donāt know what their problem was- I gave them a nice home. I wish Iād put a brood frame in there. The other one has half built out a few foundations already- after just 24 hours!
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Where was that. Thanks for pics.
In Adelaide.
There are swarms everywhere this week hereās another I was sent a pic of but couldnāt get to yesterday:
I like to put a frame of open brood into a caught swarm. Not only does it help keep them there it tells you whether they have a queen
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Does open brood mean uncapped larvae?
And eggs, yes, sorry I should have been more explicit
I caught a swarmā¦a cast and after four days they drew queen cells. Virgin didnāt get back from mating. I could do something about it, then rather than wait and see