I didn't get the Queen the first day.
Her and a soft ball sized cluster were under a bamboo overhang and where they were, it was hard to get to.
I took the hive box with the combs I collected from them and propped it up 6" away from the cluster and hoped that over night, they would all go in the box where their combs were, but just the opposite happened, all the bees in the box came out to be with the Queen.
So I made a bee vac and went back the second day and easily vacuumed the cluster, surely I had the Queen because they were heavily clustered on the vents trying to get to her.
I vacuumed them, then transferred from the secondary collection container to the hive, then waited 15 minutes for them to settle again and vacuumed up that group and put in the hive.
There was only a few stragglers buzzing around at that time.
The entrances to the hive were CLOSED, the telescoping lid was on and they can't fir thru the vent screen at either end, BUT 4 hrs after getting home, I went out to get them settled, add a few waxed frames and give them some syrup.........they were GONE~!!
It was a 45 minute drive home and no bees came out in the car.
Must he Houdini bees, cuz it was magic how they escaped.
I inspected the hive box very closely.........door closed, lid on, no visible way for them to get out, but they had vanished.
Bad news------they absconded
Good news------they are clustered up somewhere close by, doing the natural things bees do.
Plus I got good experience from doing it. Thanks my