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I just read this in one of the books i have just received.
Brood Box with QE on
then a super
then another super but leave a small gap between the 2 supers so as to make a second entrance.
QC protected by silver foil around the cell placed in the top of the frames on the top super, The book calls these brood frames.( this would be easy for me as all my frames are the same size)
New Queen can go on mating flight using the second entrance, once laying you can go into the original brood box and remove the old Queen.
Has anyone done this ? Are there any benefits to using this method ?
I can think of one , that is the new queen is excepted and laying well before removing the old one.
Like i said just what i have read, what do you think ?
Just thought i would say that the tip of the QC is left exposed
Brood Box with QE on
then a super
then another super but leave a small gap between the 2 supers so as to make a second entrance.
QC protected by silver foil around the cell placed in the top of the frames on the top super, The book calls these brood frames.( this would be easy for me as all my frames are the same size)
New Queen can go on mating flight using the second entrance, once laying you can go into the original brood box and remove the old Queen.
Has anyone done this ? Are there any benefits to using this method ?
I can think of one , that is the new queen is excepted and laying well before removing the old one.
Like i said just what i have read, what do you think ?
Just thought i would say that the tip of the QC is left exposed