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Hi guys and gals, new to the forum. Been looking at it for a long time, just never registered to post anything. I wanted to share something....
Recently, I had a 2 deep hive that was swarming. I caught the old queen and removed her. Then took several swarm cell frames and put them in the center of each box. Added a queen excluder in between the boxes and gave the top box an exit. Came back two weeks later to two mated queens, one in the top and one in the bottom. Removed one and made a small nuc and let the other have the hive. Basically doubled my chances of getting a mated queen. I can’t take credit for the method, but I know it works!
Just thought I’d share.
Thanks!
Recently, I had a 2 deep hive that was swarming. I caught the old queen and removed her. Then took several swarm cell frames and put them in the center of each box. Added a queen excluder in between the boxes and gave the top box an exit. Came back two weeks later to two mated queens, one in the top and one in the bottom. Removed one and made a small nuc and let the other have the hive. Basically doubled my chances of getting a mated queen. I can’t take credit for the method, but I know it works!
Just thought I’d share.
Thanks!