On Saturday, I opened and inspected the two hives that I set up two weeks ago from 3# packages. I was inspecting the frames one-by-one, starting with the end frame and working toward the center where "all of the action is"! The gallon jar of 1:1 syrup was empty and most of the frames appeared to have had some activity on them (i.e. partially drawn out, some with stored nectar, etc.) with the center four frames having the typical larvae with stored pollen and capped honey at the top.
On the third frame from the end and was surprised to see the unmarked queen tooling across the frame that had some partially drawn comb on it. What surprised me was why she was so far out from the center of the hive that was installed only two weeks ago. Is this normal or is a second hive body on the short horizon since most the frames are "in process"?