[beepro]

It is better to use drawn comb rather than foundation. The bees population might not bee
enough to draw out the new foundation frame. With weaker nucs are you letting them to grow
or recombine them after the queens' mating flight?

 

[beepro]

I use the same set up but instead of them raising their own queen cells I put
a capped qc in there. She will emerge in a few days for better queen acceptance. It is like
an instant nuc with crowded nurse bees. Next time I will try to put a mated queen in there
using the same method. I think the acceptance rate is faster with all the new emerging
young bees. Thanks for sharing!