Hi Deborah,
   Can you give a little more background?
   Where do you (your bees) live?  It's winter where I am and it's unusual
for bees to abscond at this time.  It's too cold to fly anywhere among
other things.
   As a rule, bees abscond because they are VERY stressed where they are.
Stressors can include varroa, tracheal mites, constant agitation, drought,
fire, and ants.  If you just installed a package, the bees are in a sort of
swarm mode and may have viewed your accommodations as a mere stop on their
journey elsewhere.
Cheers,
Kristina Williams
Boulder, CO
USA

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