You could easily see how the hive was very different from the moment I opened the boxes. The bees were too simply too gentle, this being my rowdy Russian hive.
As I feared, I harmed my queen when harvesting honey. Inspecting the hive just one week later I found a good 10 to 12 queen cells. I'll leave them alone now to let the queen emerge on or about July 17th. The first queen will kill all the other potential queens before they mature and emerge from their cells. She'll then fly out to mate and I'll inspect for eggs about a week later.
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