24 hours follow-up on the installed bee packages went well. Both queen had escaped the queen cages and the bees were building comb. Entrance activity was normal with pollen coming in. I was able to bring more built frames to checkerboard into both hives. Making sure to provide some capped honey and comb for immediate egg laying.
One remaining unhatched queen cell was still viable from the previous WildCA18A mother colony splits. This unhatched queen cell was cut out of the comb and added to a a new split of bees and comb from the still active WildCA18A mother. Two frames of brood and two frames of food were removed from WildCA18A mother colony and put into a starter colony box. This box was sealed and moved into a protected area for the next few days during the upcoming snow storms.
