It just goes to show that the bees will be contrary whenever possible…
The split that we created last Saturday has been busy. It would seem, however, that they are not heeding our "instructions".
Busy drawing comb.
I had placed notches into the comb of the queenless split, but the bees have taken it upon themselves to repair the notches and build queen cells on their own…
4 new queen cells
While it is a bit frustrating, it will achieve the same result. They will have a queen, and the extras will be relocated into mating nucs in the main yard.