There has been a population explosion since reducing the space and insulating the hive. There is a lot of healthy activity at the entrance and they are bringing in a lot of pollen.
What a turn-around!
Thanks for the great advice here!
Bees are just amazing creatures, too, don't you think, to overcome the difficulties they have endured? They went literally months without a queen due to my distractions. But they hung in there.
Next step is to cook up some winter candy for them.