Queen check

Today was a beautiful day, so I went to check up on the Star and Moon - the final inspection before the honey is taken off.
Lots of bees in the Moon that are working on the third super. Two supers are heavy with honey (the new low hive position does my back no favour and I'll be glad when they are on new stands again). The (invisible) queen is still laying and the laying pattern is good. As drones have been setting me riddles in the Star, I immediately noticed that the Moon has no drones. The Moon bees are obviously getting ready for the winter and have thrown the drones out. Or are the drones mating with the Star queen? I suspect the former. Drone comb was also empty and unegged.
The bees were lovely and calm and didn't sting me at all. When I'd reassembled the hive, the bees all buzzed contentedly, the wood reverberating to the lovely sound.
The Star had fewer bees, but was looking much neater again. Although more defensive, the bees were actually also very sweet and calm. A few drones hung around, but not that many. As feared, there were no eggs, let alone larvae. So the queen (I'm pretty sure there is a queen, as the colony is so calm and collected) has not mated successfully yey. Not sure she will. Question then is what happens to her? Do the workers then throw her out as she's infertile? Will have to read up on that, but am thinking that over winter I'll probably bring about some astronomical conjunction and unite Moon and Star. Can't do that safely though if I have a queen crawling around the Star.
Will continue to check the Star and take my cues, as always, from the bees.

Both hives showing signs of activity