Hi Sylvan - firstly, welcome aboard ... 
Secondly, it sounds as if you've done ok so far for someone who's been 'going it alone'.
Re: the queen - right now the combs on the Top Bars will be in their early stages of development and it's unlikely they'll be attached to the sides of the box - yet. So - if you carefully pull those Top Bars and inspect the embryonic combs, with luck you'll see eggs and larvae - and you might even see the Queen. Of course it's not necessary to find the Queen in order to check that she's alive - the presence of eggs/larvae will be confirmation that she made it ok.
It would pay to pull the undrawn outside Top Bars first, so that you can peek down along the comb sides to check for adhesions to the box walls, just to be on the safe side. If you do decide to inspect those combs, do bear in mind that they are incredibly soft and fragile at this stage, and can easily fall off the Top Bar if mishandled. They will harden-up later.
Re: frames - bit of a bummer about the legal requirement to have them, I'm sure, but frames are easy enough to make. This is a pic of some 'Gallup' frames I made recently, in which I recycled my Warre Top Bar starter-strips.
Gallup frames fit across a 300mm/12" internal box width, so are drop-in replacements for Warre Top Bars. If you can space them visually, then do that - if not, then tiny screws can be used for spacing. I can take more pics if you need them.
I make the frames from 10mm thick battens, 25mm wide. The bottom bar isn't strictly necessary, but I'd recommend the bamboo skewer for comb support.
What else ? Ah yes - a second colony. Always a good idea to have two colonies, as one can support the other, if anything should go wrong - which it sometimes does ...
BTW - your photo shows a nice build.
LJ
Secondly, it sounds as if you've done ok so far for someone who's been 'going it alone'.
Re: the queen - right now the combs on the Top Bars will be in their early stages of development and it's unlikely they'll be attached to the sides of the box - yet. So - if you carefully pull those Top Bars and inspect the embryonic combs, with luck you'll see eggs and larvae - and you might even see the Queen. Of course it's not necessary to find the Queen in order to check that she's alive - the presence of eggs/larvae will be confirmation that she made it ok.
It would pay to pull the undrawn outside Top Bars first, so that you can peek down along the comb sides to check for adhesions to the box walls, just to be on the safe side. If you do decide to inspect those combs, do bear in mind that they are incredibly soft and fragile at this stage, and can easily fall off the Top Bar if mishandled. They will harden-up later.
Re: frames - bit of a bummer about the legal requirement to have them, I'm sure, but frames are easy enough to make. This is a pic of some 'Gallup' frames I made recently, in which I recycled my Warre Top Bar starter-strips.

Gallup frames fit across a 300mm/12" internal box width, so are drop-in replacements for Warre Top Bars. If you can space them visually, then do that - if not, then tiny screws can be used for spacing. I can take more pics if you need them.
I make the frames from 10mm thick battens, 25mm wide. The bottom bar isn't strictly necessary, but I'd recommend the bamboo skewer for comb support.
What else ? Ah yes - a second colony. Always a good idea to have two colonies, as one can support the other, if anything should go wrong - which it sometimes does ...
BTW - your photo shows a nice build.
LJ