Swarm takeover?

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peter genders

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Afternoon,

Yesterday morning I had an empty hive and a second hive with a very small, dwindling brood (blue hive in pictures).

In between some heavy rain showers around 4pm a swarm arrived at the empty hive.

This morning it appears that both hives are now extremely active!

Does anyone have any idea whether it it possible for a swarm to arrive and take over a small colony (as this appears to be happening)?

There are some stores left in both so I will leave it a couple of days to see what happens.

Any help/advice greatly appreciated,

Thanks,

Peter.

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*UPDATE*
It now appears that an additional empty hive now has lots of activity from the new arrivals! Video at link below:
https://youtu.be/E_apT-xx2Yk
 
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