[Fieldfare]

Hi all- yesterday a swarm (prob. one of my own) landed 4 foot from an empty hive in a low tree (due to time constraints I had to capture it at dusk dropping it into a bucket). I then popped it into the empty hive. At 9am it was in the hive but unfortunately this afternoon I found it has flown away. Can anyone tell me if I have made an error and what to do to increase my chances if I do get another chance?
Thanks,

[Beewyched]

 
All I can think of is that you may not have got the Queen, either that or they didn't like the hive - ungrateful bees     

[ZacB]

If a brand new hive with un-drawn foundation put a frame of drawn comb in. You can also put a queen excluder between floor and brood box to keep hrh in the hive. Other than that-sometimes they do just go