Swarm of bees are going into existing hive

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Hi

Today I discovered bees flying around my active hive. It a small swarm and they seem disoriented. There are a few bees defending the hive but mostly it looks like they are allowing them into the hive. I did notice there was a few (Five) bees yesterday doing the same thing but were being chased off.

A few days going I did notice that the wild hive close to my house was block up by pest controllers and there was a ball of bees trying to gain access to the hive.

Could this be the same bees that have locked out of the wild hive and will they kill my queen?

I live in LA and its going into Autumn (Fall)

Any suggestions on what I should do.

This is my first season of bee keeping.

Thanks
Andrew

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Hi Andrew. It sounds to me like the small cluster of bees on the tree are field bees that returned back to find that the entrance is blocked. I doubt if there will be enough bees to kill the queen of your colony. I also doubt if the bees will try to kill the queen if the guard bees are allowing them into the hive.

Generally guard bees will allow neighboring bees into a hive if they are carrying honey. I allow this to happen with my own hives. When I remove a hive during the day (when more than one hive is in the yard), I allow the foraging bees to return to the neighboring hive.

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