[Gene Weitzel]

I like the Ben Harden method, it uses any queen right production colony as a starter/finisher and does not interfere with the honey production of the colony. No unstable queenless starter to fool with. Since they are not building under the emergency impulse, they are a little more finicky about the grafts, but if you are using the Jenter system, I would think that it would work quite well. Also, since they are queen right, no rogue cells being produced on the frames of young larvae. So far I seem to get very good quality cells using this method (see here: http://www.beesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=523757&postcount=1 ). Here is a link to a description of the method on Dave Cushman's site:

http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/benhardenmethod.html

 

[Gene Weitzel]

This is my second season using it. I have kind of customized it to fit with my management style. Don't know if there is much else written about the method, I found it on Cushman's site and since I have tuned it to work well for me, I have not bothered to search out any more about it.