Tearing down the hive gave me an opportunity to see how this colony is doing overall. There aren't a ton of bees in there - probably four frames worth - but the queen is laying and it looks like a decent pattern:
All of the capped honey cells that have been emptied out are now filled with brood or eggs at some stage. The laying pattern is very solid. Here's a closer look:
I left some honey frames in the hive but still put the jar of sugar water with Fumigillin-B on top of the hive. Hopefully they build up quickly and grow into a good production colony!
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