First inspection and I found a queenless hive: no brood, no eggs, no larva and the bees were roaring like a queenless hive. I added two frames of capped brood with some larva and a few eggs. I furred out some cells of day old larva, however I don?t think this hive has the nurse bees to make royal jelly for the queen cell. I will add eggs next week when I know there are nurse bees hatched from the capped brood I added. This hive has plenty of pollen, nectar and honey.
Next four days the weather channel has prediction chilly morning with frost expected Friday. I am kind of worried the bees may not be able to keep the capped brood warm? Due to weather, I may not be able to open this hive for a week. Such are the worries of a beekeeper, as you well know.
In N Arkansas, the average last frost is mid-April.