I caught a swarm about a month ago and realized a few days later that I didn't get the queen. I moved a frame of brood over to help them along....but the laying workers seem to be in charge and despite a few empty queen cells---no eggs and of course no queen. Because I am leaving town for six weeks, I want to close down this unproductive hive. So based on my reading here, yesterday I dumped the girls on the ground outside my two other established hives--and removed the hive they were in. Well...this didn't work out exactly as I envisioned. The bees all flew back to where their old hive was and now they are a mini-swarm--hanging on the gas meter outside our back door. I need to get them moved--any advice on what my next step should be?