First time beekeeper here, and I've been having a crazy (and fun) time trying to figure out how to get a colony set up in my backyard. I believe my colony was queen-less for a while and made emergency cells. They were empty when I inspected them earlier today, but I did see this bee outside the hive and caught a picture of her as she ran away:
For those of you more skilled than me when it comes ti queen identification - is that a queen? She looked suspiciously skinny...

For those of you more skilled than me when it comes ti queen identification - is that a queen? She looked suspiciously skinny...