As a newcomer to beekeeping, I need a little advice. As of two weeks ago, I had one hive in which I had installed a package in in early April, and it was doing quite well. I arrived home one sunny afternoon to discover a large swarm in process; I did not observe if the swarm originated from my original hive as I was so absorbed in watching the swarm settle on a tree branch about 30 ft off the ground. Nevertheless, I was able to capture the swarm and install it in a new hive. A recent inspection showed good egg production in process in the new hive. My concern is the old hive; during my recent inspection, I saw very few capped brood and a lot of empty cells in the lower hive body. I could not find the queen although I didn't spend a lot of time looking for her. The upper hive body had a lot of honey/pollen and some capped brood. The overall population is quite large and made me wonder whether the swarm originated from my old hive. If the queen in the old hive is weak, should I go ahead and buy a new queen or will they produce a new one on their own? I didn't see any queen cells during my inspection, although I didnt check every frame. There was some burr comb on the bottoms of some of the frames, but nothing that looked like queen cells to me. Thanks for the advice. BTW, capturing the swarm was an exhilarating experience! Roland Gendreau