Hive #2 “Poly” - queen right, no swarm cells, starting to draw comb in second poly box.
Hive #3 Dean’s - “Deanne”? - all swarm cells (13) have hatched and have had sides chewed out. Found a queen, but don’t know if she is the original (drone layer), or a newly hatched and mated queen from the inserted swarm cells. There are fresh eggs, but won’t know if they are drone or worker until capped; however, eggs appear to have been laid in regular-sized cells. There is some capped brood, a few uncapped larvae from the (previous?) queen. Need to wait another 10 days to two weeks for capping shape to be evident. There is lots of honey in the brood box. Need to get a second brood box on ASAP. Have notified Judi and Ayla.
~JoAnne
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