I came home this a.m. to find a ball of bees (basketball) hanging from a
tomato plant near my greenhouse about 20 feet from my 2 hives.  Within 3
minutes I had gathered up a hive body and some drawn comb.  Too late.  When I
came back they were leaving. I followed them for about 1/2 mile but as I
climb a fence and looked back up, they were gone and I could not find them.
What do I do now?  I was intending to make splits and my new queens are to
arrive next week.  Can I still do this?  I opened both hives and cannot tell
which one swarmed.  They are both full of bees, brood, honey, pollen.  I mean
full.  1 deep, 1 medium, each full of brood and honey.  I had given them a
medium to make more room and they drew the comb and filled them with honey
pollen and some drone brood.  So I gave them another deep to draw that comb.
They did sin the empty deep over the inner cover where I feed them,  I gave
them some more foundation and they are working on it.
I cant keep up with them.  Help!
Richard