u/Longjumping_Dog3020

My bees swarmed to a branch in my yard. They keep going to the same branch after I remove them. I don’t see the queen. Any ideas?

I got a new Rush package, but they killed their first queen I Federal Express, a new queen and they have accepted her. Unfortunately, the high population has dwindled so much. I have chilled brood.
I have a thriving Italian hive that needs to be split. I would like to take some of my Italian bees, separate the newspaper to give my Russian boost. All of the literature on hive merger puts the weak hive on the top, but I want to put the weak hive on the bottom. Keep my original queen and just borrow about 300 bees from the Italians until I get over the hump any thoughts?