i've tried a few methods divide and concure is the best in my opinion, if I have time I will leave the boxes back for at least 48 hrs and then the box with out cells has the queen. then all you gotta do is knock all the cells off give em a frame of eggs from a calm queen put em back together and don't open again for 6 weeks If big enough I usually give each box a frame of eggs and end up with 2-3 new colonies.
I have been working on a new page for http://beemaster.ca I left out the egg option focused more on queen replacement but it is a valuable option if one has enough drone diversity around.
I can see why!!! Had a few over the years . I like the simplicity of your system.
i've tried a few methods divide and concure is the best in my opinion, if I have time I will leave the boxes back for at least 48 hrs and then the box with out cells has the queen. then all you gotta do is knock all the cells off give em a frame of eggs from a calm queen put em back together and don't open again for 6 weeks If big enough I usually give each box a frame of eggs and end up with 2-3 new colonies.
I have been working on a new page for http://beemaster.ca I left out the egg option focused more on queen replacement but it is a valuable option if one has enough drone diversity around.