Prop the cover open(just enough for the bees to get in) where the bees are in the back. I see you have a very small opening and it is on the opposite side of the hive as the bees are. The queen could have been on the outside and the bees don't know enough to go around to the front door that is open for them.
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If you don't catch a swarm using the hive body they are going to be in- Dump them on the ground at the entrance with no entrance reducer in place. Make a little ramp for them to walk up or place the hive body with bottom board directly on the ground. Most of the time thay will march right in, workers line the entrance, raise their butts and release pheremones for the rest to follow.
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