Missing Queen

[Hebeegeebee]

With windy and wet and cool weather my bees have not been out much and have little or no pollen. Some queens (last weekend when it was really too cold to inspect but I looked at a few) were not laying in smaller colonies.

 

[Millet]

Polished cells are viewed as a good sign, I'd wait a few weeks

Polished cells are surely a good sign until they are filled with drone brood..

 

[Swarm]

What is the reason for opening hives so early in the year? All the damage you do when inspecting will take them days to rectify if they even can with such a small colony. If you have no queen then there is nothing you can do so leave them well alone until we get a prolonged spell of reasonably warm weather. I never open any of my colonies until April.
Patience is required when beekeeping.

Not sure if these are the same colonies but the OP had an awful time in the flooding so possibly checking all is OK.

 

[Macdee]

Yes post a flooding check was the reason.
The hive in question, athough it didn't float off down the river like the other hives it did get partially submerged by the brook turned river.

Will be leaving them until April now :>

Thank for the input all