I've been watching them closely since getting them out of the gourd and into the regular hive boxes. They have been very slow leaving the hive while all my other hives are going full speed ahead. Today they were leaving and arriving several at a time, some heavy with pollen of orange, yellow and gray. Feeling better about them now.
I added a frame of brood and it's nurse bees and they were accepted without any problems. Maybe that's why they were so slow leaving while checking each other out.
