6/5/12: Started a new Nuc #3 with a frame of eggs from Hive #4 and two frames of bees from recently combined hive 3. Originally it had the old queen from hive #3 in it but she was not laying and was not found after relocating to the nuc, so I moved the eggs over.
6/14/12: I combined this Nuc with some "found" bees into a single deep, still calling this Nuc #3. (A note about the "found" bees: I found what was supposed to be an empty single deep hive actually had 2-3 frames of bees in it! I tried to seal up this empty hive from any returning foragers after a combine by closing the entrance, but they found a small gap due to a knot-hole in the entrance reducer. Returning foragers found no queen, but plenty of comb and space and never sought out the relocated hive with their queen.) There were about 5 capped queen cells on the frame of brood.
6/22/12: Queen cells uncapped and torn down, no eggs. I did not spot the queen, who is hopefully mating. Will look for eggs in July.
7/8/12: Combined with Hive #3.
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