I opened up the split to see if the queen I purchased was ok. On Friday I confirmed that she was not in the queen cage any more, but I did not see her so today I was checking more carefully. I did see the queen with her pretty blue dot on her back. She was on the frame of capped brood and had chewed through the 2 emergency queen cells. She had also laid some eggs in some open cells on the frame so there is hope for that colony now.
I will be checking the other hive tomorrow, I hope. I am planning to move another frame of capped brood from the strong hive to the weak one to boost the population some more. I need to make sure that the strong hive has room for food and brood. It is nice and heavy and appears to have a large population.
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