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Do bees that get lost (f.e.riding a bus) get adopted by local colonies ?
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This can actually be a real problem if you set up your bee yard with all of the hives in straight line with all entrances facing the same way. Foragers loaded with nectar and pollen will generally be accepted by the guard bees into a hive. Honeybees tend to prefer the hives on the end which can weaken the center colonies. Generally hives are set up in a horseshoe or some other pattern to reduce this drifting. 

However the average lost honey bee is probably not going to find a colony as wild colonies are very rare now due to imported pests and disease. In positive news most bees you see in nature are likely not honey bees and are native solitary bees.