Has happened to me several times. But I really don't know if those 
swarms are from the same colony or not. However, year after year the 
same apple tree gets a swarm hanging off of it. Then some years, two 
swarms. I would think that the swarms I get are from different colonies.
Alf

Bill T wrote:
> The question is- do multiple swarms from the same colony settle in the same
> place before finding a final hive location?
>
> I found two swarm clusters in the same tree. One was "normal" size and the
> second cluster about 1/3 the size and only about two feet from the large
> cluster. So was it the same swarm or two? I am sure many here have run into
> this. Since I do not capture swarms unless they are on my property and
> probably my bees, this is a first for me.
>   

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