JP, you were right. I found the queen. She is golden on the bottom of her abdomen and black on top. This hive was very weak on Sunday so I caught her and decided to put her in the OB hive that failed to produce a queen after I put there queen in a split.
I then went into this hive and found lots of eggs and several hundred beetles. Jim and I killed and cleared every beetle in this hive and the hive that this hive swarmed to (no queen) and moved the best 3 frames to a new nuc. I added 3 frames with starter wax strips in the top slot to give them room to grow with out giving a place forthe beetles to lay eggs. The frames are full of eggs with no brood. What do you think the chances are they will survive? the 3 frames have lots of bees.
Jim