I too have a hive that is strong and mean this year. Last year (my first year) they were really nice, didn't even need a veil. Anyway, Last Sunday I opened them up and found NO Brood, just as Sarah did with one of her hives. I check every frame and couldn't find a queen (does mean much, half the time I can't find her anyway), but I found honey and pollen all over the place. I'm thinking it's queenless. I was thinking that ordering a new queen might take too long and I thought there still might be a queen in the hive. Not wanting to add a queen to the hive just to fight another queen. I was thinking about taking a frame of brood from one of my other hives and putting it into this hive. I'm wondering if this is a good action, my thought is that if the hive is queenless they should make a new queen, if there is a queen then the added brood will become workers, But won't explain why the hive has no brood or eggs. Jerry Scott Critterden Ranch (Specializing in Arabian Horses, Beef Cattle) Lipan, Texas. [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]