My bees are not multiplying

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I bought a working hive in June with one deep super and a 6 1/2 inch honey super on the top. The bees were still in the deep super when I brought it home. After about 4 weeks, I opened the box and found the bottom box was nearly full and there were a few bees in the top box.  Some building was going on in that box.   There was not have a queen excluder between the boxes.  I added a deep super over the bottom box, then a queen excluder and put the shallow box on the top.  It as been over a month since I opened the box.  The bees have been busy and it appeared that there were a lot more bees moving in and out of the hive.  However, when I opened my hive today, I found that the bees were still only in the bottom box. It does appear to be full.  The bees were very calm.  I attempted to remove some of the frames but they are so stuck together that I could not get them out. The frames in the top box, which previously had a few bees, is now empty.  I fear that my queen my be dead but I don't know how to go about getting the frames in the bottom box out without damaging it.  Any help will be appreciated.  I really like my bees and do not want to kill them!  Help!

[motj3]

Take that empty deep box off and put the shallow back. Throw MAQS on on the next three days below 80 and then a week later reduce the entrance. Remove the MAQS then and put a single sheet of newspaper down. Dump some dry sugar on top. Close and don't open until February. That is my advice. Others will say feed. They know more than I do so listen to them whatever they say. But I would not be trying to expand them right now nor would I pull frames out of your brood nest. It's robbing time. It's not flow time.