The new hive was inspected today, about three weeks after it cast its second swarm. Findings:
The sticky frames (leftover from the honey extraction) in the super were no longer sticky. The bees had cleaned them. There was a small amount of capped honey.
There was no comb at all drawn in the upper brood box, just frames with foundation.
All the action was in the bottom brood box. Only a little new comb had been drawn and there was only a bit of irregular comb on the drone frame. However, five frames had either empty brood cells or capped brood. I also saw larvae of all ages and maybe a couple of eggs. I couldn't find the queen, but she had got to be there doing her job.
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