Hi Larry,
You say you started a package with a queen cell. I didn't know you could buy a package that way.
When she hatches from the cell she has to go out to mate. Sometimes they don't make it back. Either way its too early to tell. It might take a couple weeks before you see eggs or larva in the hive.
It does sound like you need more bees in the hive though. Can you get a frame of capped brood, with nurse bees? I wonder if she was off on a mating flight, some of the other bees in the hive might be out flying around. Just a guess.
You say you started a package with a queen cell. I didn't know you could buy a package that way.
When she hatches from the cell she has to go out to mate. Sometimes they don't make it back. Either way its too early to tell. It might take a couple weeks before you see eggs or larva in the hive.
It does sound like you need more bees in the hive though. Can you get a frame of capped brood, with nurse bees? I wonder if she was off on a mating flight, some of the other bees in the hive might be out flying around. Just a guess.