WildCA18A mother colony was inspected. I am concerned that the hive is swarming itself to death. I ran through all the frames and could not find a queen. There were no signs of eggs. No signs of larva. Only a small less than 50, amount of capped brood. A huge number of drones was seen. Colony numbers look smaller than they should. There were only 2 capped queen cells remaining in the hive. Several empty queen cells were found.
We need to verify that a queen is in the hive. Then destroy all remaining queen cells. Condense the hive boxes to a smaller more compact layout.