I purchased a nuc on may 14, then a 2 deep hive from the same apiary, so back ten days ago I noticed there were no eggs or larvae in the nuc, the other hive had plenty of sealed brood, with some capping's being darker and some with new wax, didn't bother looking for the queen, so I got on the phone and bought 2 queens, got them yesterday, so I was checking on the nuc to know if I was getting a laying worker, didn't happen, so re-queened, then went hive 2 to find the queen and install her in a nuc, well after looing at 20 frames of bees, honey and pollen, not 1 cell of capped brood, I couldn't get hold of the guy today, but I'm wondering if he might have put virgin queens in the hives, they got to my place, flew out to get mated, and never came back, prob no drones, I don't know of another bee keeper for at least 15 mi away, so please give your thoughts PS no swarm of queen cups in hive 2 ( no eggs ):scratch: