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You don't HAVE to check the bottom box, but it would be good practise to know what is going on in there because the bees may just have moved up to the second box and hardly be using the bottom box, for all you would know.
Re the undrawn foundation, you can take one of the outside undrawn foundation frames out, then push the rest of the frames apart so there is a gap in the middle of the box and the cluster, and put the undrawn frame in there. Now it is in the middle of the cluster, the bees will draw it, provided there is nectar coming in or they are being fed sugar syrup. Until you have more experience, only do one frame at a time.
But no nectar or sugar syrup coming in, they won't draw it.
Re the undrawn foundation, you can take one of the outside undrawn foundation frames out, then push the rest of the frames apart so there is a gap in the middle of the box and the cluster, and put the undrawn frame in there. Now it is in the middle of the cluster, the bees will draw it, provided there is nectar coming in or they are being fed sugar syrup. Until you have more experience, only do one frame at a time.
But no nectar or sugar syrup coming in, they won't draw it.