Update on my splits

[Steel Tiger]

 Several weeks ago I split an aggressive hive into three. Two of the hives I requeened with carniolan queens and the third I left the original Buckfast queen and moved them into the woods.
Today I went out with the intention of adding a second brood box to each of the hives with the new queens.  Sadly, the first hive I checked had no brood and I couldn't locate the queen. The bees were building a little on the empty frames. I checked the super, in case the queen decided to move up there, still no sign of brood, just honey.
The second hive was much better. All 6 empty frames I added when I did the split were drawn and full of brood. The bees were also all over me. As soon as I lifted the honey super up, a huge cloud was in my face. As I checked for brood, even more came at me. I gave them another deep full of empty frames and closed them up.
I was planning on checking the Italian hive sitting next to them but with so many bees in the air, I didn't want to start a robbing frenzy. I did get to watch the Italian guards fight one of the Buckfast bees that tried to get in.
Since I was dressed for it, I went ahead and mowed around the hives.
Then I went to check the Buckfast. There was a little activity in front of the hive.  When I lifted the cover, not one bee came at me. They're building the hive up nicely. I gave them 2 frames of brood and a half drawn frame of comb along with a medium with about 20% capped honey. They have two frames roughly 1/2 drawn out and a third one started with capped and uncapped brood.
I'm thinking maybe next weekend of rechecking the first hive. If it is indeed queenless, I may combine it with the hive in the woods.

[rookie2531]

Sorry to hear about the missing queen. Did you ever see brood in that hive or did you wait weeks to inspect? Did you buy a mated queen or was she reared by you?

[Steel Tiger]

Sorry to hear about the missing queen. Did you ever see brood in that hive or did you wait weeks to inspect? Did you buy a mated queen or was she reared by you?

I bought the two queens. I gave them a few weeks to get settled before going in. I'll double check this weekend before doing something with that hive.