All three hives were inspected. The original mother queen is laying in the new hive location. Inside the original mother colony split, a virgin queen has emerged and is walking the frame, no eggs present yet. On the rescued commercial hive, a virgin queen has emerged and no eggs present yet.
Note: on the rescued commercial colony, the virgin queen was spotted on the frame. However, almost immediately, the virgin queen took flight and disappeared overhead. I left the lid to the colony off for approximately 15-20 minutes. Hopefully she returned to the box. Also note: the sky overhead was full of dragon flies. My fear is that she did not return. Just in case, I took a frame of eggs from the original mother queen and placed that frame in the colony.
