I checked on the Not-So-Happy hive first thinking there would not be much changed, but as usual with the bees I was wrong. They have finally almost filled 2 medium boxes, but they also have started building swarm cells. I tried discouraging them by removing those cells and adding a third box. We'll see if that settles them.
Next I opened the nuc hive. This hive has 3 medium boxes, but they are not filled up yet since the old marked queen took off. I saw some brood so I hope that means there is a queen in there somewhere. They have lots of honey but not much brood right now.
Then I opened the Happy hive. This hive appears to have filled up 3 boxes. I need to add another box, but I need to make a run to the bee store to get the parts. By the time I opened up this one I was too tired to do more than spot-check, but I don't think they have started any swarm cells. I'm still impressed by how strong this hive is.
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