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If I have two brood boxes seperated by a snelgrove board. Each brood box has a queen in.Can I bleed bees from the top to the bottom without any issue or will they fight.

Once you have established the Q status. If you are Q- you can introduce the Q from the nuc to the old hive and let the nuc raise a new queen or,. You can combine the lot but you will need a new brood box.

I'm not a fan of the Demaree method for the reasons you suggest. Brood frames are more useful for brood. I would spin the frames out and get them back in circulation. If you are like me and need the space and don't't have a million nuc boxes, getting your head around using the Snelgrove board...

Ok. So I can leave her in the top box and bleed bees to the bottom box without them fighting. What sort of gate cycle do people recommend?

I have done an AS with Snelgrove board. I need bees back in at 5 and 10 days. I have let a queen develop in top box. Can I remove her and begin to bleed bees back into the bottom box after a couple of days.

Thank Murox this is the one I use. Eyeman, I find that document a big hard going. The link from Murox is a quick read.

No queen cells. I think they didn't like the fact that the box was full of foundation. I did a raid on a few hives for drawn foundation and dropped in a frame of capped brood. I found the queen under the hive and popped her back in.

Thanks for your replies. I think the problem is there were a few eggs on the frame below. I will check the status today.

Could I have your thoughts. On Wednesday I split a hive with a Snelgrove board. Old box on top. New box underneath with new foundation the queen on a frame with brood and eggs. Today they tried to swarm but returned within 20 mins as the queen is clipped. Do you think it was because it was a...

My theory is that it is to confuse wasps trying to enter the hive. My colonies started to do it when wasp arrived on the scene. Only sayin.

http://www.honeybeesforsale.co.uk try this There is a nuc on 14x12 in Yeovil. Dont know if its still available. You just need an eke.

Clipping is a personal thing. If you are not confident picking here up use a crown of thornes to imobilize here.

Looks like good brood capping and bits of pollen to me.

I wouldnt wait for more QC. AS as soon as you can. If you have a small setup using snelgrove method 1 or 2 is good.

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