Re: HOWTO: Split Hive (Without Re-queening)

Jorn wrote:

Remove one brood frame with new eggs. make a bovcut though the area with new
eegs and remove the comb below the bowcut. You can thin it out by removing
the cells at one side. The bees will use the bowcut to raise new quee(s)
from. when you after nine days go through the NUC you can remove the surplus
queen cells produced and give those if of value to other hives needing a
replacements of queens.

Reply:

Hello Jorn.  Your way of raising queens is a little different than anything
I've heard before.  Sounds like something I'd like to try.  Can you give a
little more detail about the "bowcut" and how to thin out "the cells at one
side".

Thanks Jorn,

(West Texas) Mark