queens and splits

[brian_vd2000]

i need help in spliting and raseing new queens can you e mail me on the best way to do this

[This message has been edited by brian_vd2000 (edited May 01, 2003).]

[Michael Bush]

http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/increase.html

[Dee A. Lusby]

Hi Brian
You wrote:
i need hel in spliting and raseing new queens can you e mail me on the best way to do this

Reply:
How many hives you got? Also do you personally want to do the work or have the bees do it with you helping?

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby

[brian_vd2000]

i have 11 hives but not much luck in geting queen cells to wor yes david ill do the work but 10 beekeepes will give you 10 different ways to do this i need something simple..thks dee.you can e mail me at brian_vd2000@yahoo.com tks for the reply..

[This message has been edited by brian_vd2000 (edited May 01, 2003).]

[Dee A. Lusby]

Brian:
Okay Brian, you just want a simple way to raise queens for 11 colonies. Will comply.

Regards,

Dee A. Lusby

[Jorge]

Dee, can you share the simple method with all of us?

jorge

[franc]

heres sort of a simple way,just take a frame of larvae and put them above the brood chamber with a queen excluder between them make sure the queen is below the excluder and let them raise some queen cells.Then just transfer the cells to your splits.