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Thanks for the reply... Im confused as both myself and a friend could see no larvae... just wondering if I missed some eggs. Cant decide if I should add the queen to the swarm which definately has nothing but honey capped and uncapped.....

Hi ...you may well be right I was worried when I had no larvae in the hive which had swarmed. Im not sure if I should let the queen cells come on and intruduce the queen to the swarm..... the swarm definately has nothing but honey capped and uncapped (will they accept a queen).

About a month ago I noticed there was no queen in the hive ( young queen in nuc I'd bought this year) but plenty of bees and several queen cells and plenty of space in the broood box. I reduced the queen cells to two , however they swarmed a few days later. I collected the swarm, to a nuc box...