New Queen Not Yet Up to Full Stride

Checked in on the Sasha hive with the new queen. There are so few bees in that hive that the queen is easy to spot. There are some larvae but didn't see any eggs, if they were there. The may be a very few (1 - 3) capped brood cells, but that's hard to say because the bees have not yet cleared away all that died. (Dead from a few cold nights after making the split and the cluster couldn't keep them all warm.)

I watched the queen travel all around the frame pictured here. Every cell in which she chose to want to lay was already occupied with nectar. She would travel to the other side but that frame has a wax moth trail (I killed the larvae) so the queen would just walk around, eventually returning to the other side.

Concerns:

• The brood pattern is not large or tight.
• The bees are not drawing any new comb, nor taking from the top feeder.

Interesting to note, the queen is always found on the frame from whence she hatched. I have never found her on the other frames.

The hive does have foraging bees so pollen and nectar are coming in. I'm worried about the queen's progress — but it is still early in her young life. Next week should be much better!