[Allen Reed]

One of my new packages did not have any brood three weeks after I put it in the hive. Then recently I checked again and found spotty brood.

This leads me to believe I have a laying worker. Any suggestions as to how I can get these bees back on track?

 

[Allen Reed]

I went into the problem hive again today. I still can't find the queen but I have never been good at doing that. However, I did see several worker bees with pollen on their legs which I understand usually means there is queen in the hive.

There is still very little brood but it does not look like drone brood. I also notice that all of the bees are staying on the four frames on one side of the box.

Will it help if I center those frames in the box?