# No brood, no eggs, no larvae and can't find a queen! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/no-brood-no-eggs-no-larvae-and-cant-find-a-queen/34568 "2023-03-29T15:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A4J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@A4J](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/A4J)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/no-brood-no-eggs-no-larvae-and-cant-find-a-queen/34568/1 "2023-03-29T15:45:55Z")
Hi! Newbee here! So, I happened to see swarm behavior 3/2/2023, the bees flew about 50 ft from the hive but then returned 30 minutes later! Then on 3/16/2023 again I saw the bees swarming but I couldn’t stay to watch where they went. Finally, we get a chance to inspect 3/28/2023 and find no capped brood, eggs, or larvae and couldn’t find a Queen!! There seemed to be bee bread and plenty of honey. The bees seemed calm, or maybe I’m just getting a bit more confident with them, they didn’t seem stressed at all. What should I do? Wait and see, re inspect in a week? Let nature take its course? The bees probably have it all under control? Re-Queen? I checked some sources and a Queen won’t be available until after April 17! Can I wait that long? There will be no nurse bees left to take care of her or her new offspring. I have no access, that I know of, to a frame of brood that I could add to the hive so they can make a new Queen if they are Queen less. Any advice? Many thanks in advance. Location; Miami FL ---
**Author:** ![chau06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/chau06/32/25515_2.png) [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/no-brood-no-eggs-no-larvae-and-cant-find-a-queen/34568/2 "2023-03-29T19:35:58Z")
> [@A4J](#): > > no capped brood, eggs, or larvae and couldn’t find a Queen!! It possible from the timing that your queen was away on a mating flight or you have a small, recently mated queen that is smaller, so you didn’t notice her. Did you see any emerged queen cells? You could give it another 10-14 days to see for sure if you have a successfully mated queen or you could find a frame of eggs and young open brood now from another hive (bee club?) and see if they make queen cells. These eggs and larvae will give the population a boost too. How many bees are there? Is the populating pretty strong? ---
**Author:** ![A4J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@A4J](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/A4J)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/no-brood-no-eggs-no-larvae-and-cant-find-a-queen/34568/3 "2023-03-30T20:44:17Z")
Thank you! Yes we did see some queen cells, 2 open and 2 that looked quite small but were closed. I’ll try and find a bee club, good suggestion! I think there are a bit more than a 5 frame nuc maybe, hard to say. Not sure if they swarmed twice as we saw the population drop on 2 occasions. ---
**Author:** ![A4J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@A4J](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/A4J)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/no-brood-no-eggs-no-larvae-and-cant-find-a-queen/34568/4 "2023-04-18T00:14:22Z")
Update: I was able to go in and check the hive yesterday after about 1 week of continous rain and I can gladly report the evidence of a queen! Lots of brood, larvae and eggs!! The bees had it all under control after all! Thank you for your help!