Triplestock

[MuswellMetro]

Sounds like a very neat technique. What is the reasoning behind scratching "noughts and crosses" into the frames that you put up first?

Just to check:

You have a hive which is:

Brood -> QE -> Super 1 -> Super 2 -> Crown -> Roof.

You then re-arrange:

Brood -> QE -> Super 1 -> Super 2 -> QE -> Centrally cut away board -> Triplestock -> Crown -> Roof.

Some frames from the bottom brood go into the centre of the triple stock, they are still part of the hive, but because they are a long way from her maj, they raise queen cells from the eggs.

Once you have queen cells, you put the frames into the left/right, which, because the board underneath the triple stock is effectively solid at the sides, are separate nucs with side entrances.

Left and right nuc raise the queen cells, you can then re-load the centre with new frames from another hive.

I'm liking this. : - )

yes ,correct much better put than me

if you use a doner hive for the brood, you do get a few dead (up to 20) bees on a top QE but as the nurse bees acquire the hive smell it stops

 

[Springer]

Been reading with interest, love the workshop porn pics rae !
Like to think I know my workshop stuff, but bees is another matter !
Where I am losing the plot is why is this different to the much frowned upon method of letting a few bees in a nuc produce QCs. Mm quotes 20 QC, not scrubs ?
Can someone explain a bit more for me please.
Regards
S