I installed a package of bee on the 18th of april, I let them do there thing and checked every weekend to see and learn, i am a newbee. So RL things kinda got busy and i was unable to go to the beeyard (it is about 40mins away from where i live), i havent been to the yrd in about a month. I wasnt all that worried about swarming because it is a new package and from what i read/was told it is very abnormal for a new package to swarm. Well i checked today and i saw not as many bees as i would have thought i would see, a month ago i saw about 25% more bees going in and out of the hive. I checked the frames and the first frame i checked i saw uncapped brood, i could see on the other frames capped honey. I know that if i see uncapped brood it was layed no more then 3 days ago but i was unable to find the queen, i couldnt check all frames they where in a bit of a mood to say the least (it did rain the night before). I also found 4 queen cells one open, one cracked and 2 untouched. i gave a teaspoon of honey to my cousin because he is letting me place my bees in his yrd so i told him he can have the first honey, he was tickled pink with the small spoonful i gave him. now to the heart of the question. The queen cells could they be something i need to worry IE a inc swarm or something a little less scary they are just replacing the queen, which from what i see she is doing a great job on the frame i took a small amount of honey from i saw worker brood meaning not drone brood. they also made a mess of some combs i had to take a fair amount of bur comb off i tasted it, no taste at all lol. all i want to know is r they going to swarm or did they need more room.
Also as a side note i check for mites and found none.
Also as a side note i check for mites and found none.