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

Wedmore described the method in 1932 in 'A Manual of Beekeeping'.  He
credits it to Cowan and Miller.

Peter Edwards
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"me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
>