Ok here's an update. The q has laid 14 eggs yesterday. The bee numbers are very very low. There are at least 4 brood frames with sealed honey. There are about 6 or so frames where the larvae look like the picture. There is not the typical arch of stores etc. The bees are putting nectar/ honey in the brood frames where the q has obviously previously been laying. I think this colony will not survive.
Pollen?
If there is no Pollen they can't rear brood and I've seen the bees strip out brood in all stages if there is no pollen in the hive and none coming in (for various reasons); first they'll remove the drone brood then the larvae, the queen will have stopped laying by then and last, they will remove capped brood.
There is still time for you to help the hive get over this hiccup (assuming it's nothing serious), add a frame of larvae ideally in all stages, after they start to emerge in a week, add a frame or two of capped brood, make sure there are stores with pollen - take them from other hives if needed, make sure you feed this hive and other hives you're stripping.
If you have a very strong hive you could bleed the foragers from it.
ive got 13 hives but this one has no eggs that I could find and isn't behaving like the others. I saw,a bee carry out a black pupating larvae. Any ideas please. The hive incl queen all very lethargic until they started to get protective and show an interest in my veil.
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