My son and I did a quick check at lunch in preparation for two new queens arriving tomorrow from Old Sol Bees. I was hoping to split a couple of abundant hives but now it looks like I will have to add one queen to hive 2, (the queen absconded yesterday with a small retinue), and the other to hive 3, (the current queen is not laying very well). I was hoping to add a queen to hive 8 as she has been spotty since I acquired the nuc from Foothills honey in April, but I now may need to look at combining hives before winter.