Today was beautiful here in Central Ga.  So I took the time to check my two
hives.  One is doing grand--Id guess I have between 25k and 30k bees, the
other--well the numbers were not what I expected and then towards the bottom
I found a couple emergency queen cells.

I dont know how well these will work and it was recommended to me to see if I
could get a queen. I realize that its really early in the season and the
temps are unpredictable.  Any ideas out there-especially from those in the
Southern states.

I was also thinking I could also take a frame of brood from my strong hive
and place it in with the weak hive and give them more of a chance to convert
some cells--especially If I was to give them some uncapped brood.

I could use some advice here folks--and QUICK as I would guess there has been
no new eggs in this hive for 7-10 days. I could not find the queen-I assume
either death or just poor stock (she was less than a full year old), though I
suppose she could still be in there.

TIM MORRIS