Thanks Van, I had an edgy feeling that if switched, the foragers would go to the location of their old hive, see the little one, smell their own 2 ft away, and there would be pandemonium in front of both.
I can add a frame of capped brood each week for several weeks because the Q in the big hive is chugging along like there's no autumn.
I hate to break up the action in the little colony, because the brood patches are only half-drawn, foundationless medium frames. Pretty small areas. What you you think, should I place full frames (fully drawn edge to edge) on the edge of the little brood nest, or smack dab in the middle, like last time, for the least disturbance?
Yesterday & today it was a crazy 98-degrees, we're melting here. Can't wait 'til nighttime temps drop below 80 (whew) and we can get things done outside. We only want to go out in early morning. It was 100* heat index at dusk last night.