u/almondreaper

I'm pretty sure my hive swarmed because i couldn't find the queen and there were no eggs(rice grain sized) so it probably happened 1-3 days ago. I'd say about 1/3 of the honey in the super is gone but there aren't really that many less bees. They have a queen cell going that's almost ready to come out I'd say. I left it so they can have a queen. Does this sound good? There's loads of capped brood. I'm a new beekeeper so any advice is appreciated

I'm new and i can hardly ever find the queen. I do make sure there's brood in every stage so I'm sure she's present but I'd like to be able to find her if i need to.