Hive has has no queen and brood looks like just honey

[JohnnyD]

Hi All

One of the swarms i caught a while back now (Must be getting to a month or over) still does not seem to have a queen and i see no eggs or larvae, the brood frames just look like super honey frames, can i do anything ?

JD

[Black Comb]

Add a test frame, i.e. A frame of eggs from one of your other hives. (Shake bees off first).
If there is no queen they will start queen cells.

[JohnnyD]

can i go one step further and combine 2 hives both from swarms, one i think has a queen in it, it swarmed last week? Can i just add one set of brood frames to the other ?

JD

[Jon]

Never guess with regard to queens. You have to be sure if one is present or not.
A non laying queen you are unaware of could kill a laying queen.
As in post 2, check using a test frame.