The mistake, I took 8 capped queen cells out and installed 4 caped in 2 different hives with bees. The bees left and went back to original hive the queen cells and brood being abandoned did not survive and the SHB and moths moved in to the resources I left. The original hive swarmed away taking most of the resources with them and a possible second swarm taking more resources. Then again the SHB & moths moved in to the unguarded resources. Solution: next time take the old queen, some capped brood with bees in a 5-6 frame nuk box and move them, closing the entrance for 2 days while feeding 1-1 sugar water. Wait 2 weeks before checking original hive for mated queen from capped queen cells found.
