Checked both hives today to see how the bees were doing. The new hive which currently has 1 deep and a top feeder seems to be doing really well. Since we installed a new Queen several weeks ago she has been very productive. The hive has excellent comb and brood build out. I decided not to a a new deep until I get a little more build out of the frames. Right now they have a little more then half of the frames built out, so hopefully in a week or two more will be full. I did change the reducer opening to the next larger opening. Video was taken of this inspection but due to technical difficulty, it didn't come out very well!
The original hive is also doing really well. It currently has 2 deeps and a top feeder on it. I inspected both deeps and they have excellent build out. See video below. I decided to leave the top feeder on the hive and wait another week or two before adding a Queen excluder and a honey super. Added a gallon of syrup and called it a day.
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