I checked on the 5 frame Nuc today and found a hatched queen. She had already ripped through 2 other queen cells killing the queen that was inside. I found one more queen cell on the #1 frame that will soon be destroyed by the newly hatched queen.
This Nuc is going to be combined with hive #1 as soon as she is laying well so I am not too concerned that the Nuc is really small in population numbers at this point. It looks like most bees went back to their original hive when I made this Nuc. I put 2 frames of capped honey / pollen in this nuc and the other 3 frames have capped brood, so should do well for another 2 weeks.
The main goal is to get her laying and then combine her back to the larger #1 hive.
I also checked on hive #3. They have a honey super on and I’m still feeding. The honey super is almost filled so this will be their food for the winter.
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