Star still slow

With the Moon and its satellite out of bounds until the two emerging queens there hopefully mate and start laying, I thought I'd take a look inside the Star to see how it's doing.

The nuc box with a few bees, showing they are taking care of the new queen

Traffic outside the Moon

The first thing I noticed was that both entrances were busy to the point of being clogged up - an apian M25 - which was due to the fact that I hadn't increased the openings yet. The bees had of course stuck the opening blocks in firmly, so I had some difficulty unsticking them and turning them around. The bees were a lot happier with the new arrangement.
The Moon bees are frightfully busy, collecting pollen en masse (and honey, too, I assume). In fact there were so many outside the hive I thought they might be swarming - but they can't of course!

The Star is also getting busier, though not nearly as congested or rush-hour-like as the Moon. With her yellow spot easily visible, I had no problem identifying the queen. While I could see a few queen cups, these are just practice and nothing indicates the Star will swarm soon. There are many drones though, lounging around and that is good, as soon they'll have two queens to throw themselves at.

A slightly quieter Star

Because the Star is getting fuller, I supered up, to give the bees more space. Also, I hope this will induce them to move the stores upstairs so the queen can lay more downstairs.

The Star has managed to dismantle part of the bee gym. It looked like the bees were using it, but I found a bit of the plastic hanging from one frame. Talk about overenthusiastic girls ruining gym equipment!
The other highlight of the inspection was seeing two bees do the waggle dance. That was exciting; and while I don't know what they would have scored in Strictly Come Dancing, the other bees seemed to know what was going on.