I'm guessing you'd get a package from Brushy Mountain
I think they'd be regular LC bees
they aren't likely to make the jump to SC very well in 1 shot
they were from 5.4 mm foundation
so put em in a box of 5.1 mm
no guarantee, but they're more likely to draw it out nicely
when you get ready to give em a second box use 4.9 mm
by this time the original bees are dead
the new bees were raised on 5.1 mm
they'll make the jump better
let's say b = 5.1 mm and s = 4.9 mm
take 2 drawn frames out of the bottom box
replace them with frames of 4.9 mm
stagger em like this
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that way you don't make to big a gap in the brood nest
it'll be late May so they shouldn't get to chilly
put the 2 frames of 5.1 in the new upper box like this
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the drawn frames will bait them up into the new box
oh yea, I forgot to mention
don't tell your friends you're playing mind games like this with your bees
they already think you're nuts for raising bugs
Dave
I'll also mention that fat beeman in Georgia sells bees that are already SC so you can skip all this
and that iddee who posts on here a lot lives near you and knows all about cutting bees out of buildings, you might want to talk to him
[ August 17, 2006, 03:33 PM: Message edited by: drobbins ]