Yes you should. It's better to overwinter a strong hive than two week one. Put a
sheet of paper on the queenless hive and make a few cuts into the paper with a
knife or s.th. like this. Then put the hive with queen above.
After one week you can observe the bees carrying small pieces of paper out of
the hive entrance. After this one can reorganize the frames and prepare the bees
for overwintering.
 
Sincerely
 
Reimund
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Beekeeper in Germany (Bavaria)
Queen Rearing of Carniolan Bees
Insemination Station
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Alan Sharratt schrieb:
 
> Hello.
> I am a novice Beekeeper and have two hives which are just three old weeks
> after acquiring 2 swarms, this evening I inspected the hives and have
> discovered that one of the hives is queenless , no brood comb just stores of
> honey and pollen, the other has brood. I do not think that either hive is
> particularly strong just covering 5 brood
> frames in each hive. Should I unite the hives or introduce a Queen into the
> Queenless hive.
> Alan.