You can raise queens while having a large Purple Martin colony. I was very concerned that I would not be able to. I have made several splits this spring and put swarm cells in them. I left 3 of the splits at home and took the others to a friends apiary. I don't know how many successful ones I have at his house yet, but at home I left 3 splits and now have 3 laying queens. Woo Hooo! I will work on making bigger fatter queens now.
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