Sounds like you are doing a good job. Let's hope Saturday is a nice day.  Each
queen cage should have two corks, one in either end.  Just before you are
going to install the queen, remove the cork from the CANDY end only.  Take
VERY THIN nail or a sewing needle and make a one tiny hold through the candy
(DON'T HIT THE QUEEN), install the cage.  Your directions probably did NOT
tell you, but a real smart beekeeper feeds those bees 1:1 sugar syrup for 2 or
3 months CONTINUOUSLY so the bees can get all the foundation drawn plus to
make the queen lay lots of eggs so they will get through the winter.  The
natural nectar flow MIGHT be enough to get the foundation drawn, but usually
NOT; so KEEP FEEDING 1:1 sugar syrup which is 1 pound of sugar dissolved in 1
pint of water.
It is best not to even look in the hive for a week after you put the cage in;
but if you just cannot resist, using very little or zero smoke, you can "peek'
a look at the queen cage after 3 days, and if she is out of the cage, take the
cage out, close up the hive and 4 days later, carefully and quickly look for
the queen and eggs of larva that she has laid, close it up, and let Nature
take over.  Your job is to keep the 1:1 sugar syrup on them at all times.
Then you will have STRONG colonies next spring.  Just ask if I can help you
more.  George Imirie