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LOL...but that's not something I would advocate...........inspecting bees when there is no good reason is going to cost you more colonies than leaving them alone...nip the queen at this time of year and the colony is toast.Murray is still making nucs.....or Jolanta is ..... but they are running a business and they both know exactly what they are doing. I still don't sometimes, even after 15 years
That Jolanta has made 100 nucs in October and will even make a final 4 today on 6th November is NOT normal. In 75 years of this business we have never done a nuc after about 5th Oct before....but it is feasible because the parent hives are extremely strong and good queens being found as they tidy up the mating boxes.
Not a 'do as we do' situation.
and.....'running a business' and 'knowing what they are doing' are not invariably linked factors..........