I went into the hive Tuesday, August 31 to see if a new queen had emerged and begun doing her thing...unfortunately, it a queen did survive, she is not laying. I suspect that perhaps what emerged from the queen cells were regular workers or perhaps their was no surviving queen after they duked it out amongst themselves. I suppose there is a slim chance that there is a queen but that she just has not yet matured to the point where she is laying...but I know that is a very slim chance.
The good news from this inspection is that there are still plenty of workers left for not having a queen for several weeks. And they seem to be collecting honey and are doing a number on the pollen patties I left for them.
I looked real quick in the other hive and they too seem to be collecting honey now rather than consuming it all themselves. Maybe I will get a jar or two out of them yet!
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