Tried to recuperate 2 swarms : one in our garden, one in my lovely neighbours - unfortunatley despite offering them a nice new home, neither have settled.
However there still seems to be a good number of bees in my two populated hives, so will just have to keep an eye on things.
Will not be bothering the bees very much for the next few weeks as I cannot easily walk over to them - have my foot in plaster and am under instructions to stay put !