Qoute @Japeyedge
So I'm thinking:
1. Split nuc into two nuc boxes, dummy to 4 frames each, sharing frames with capped brood evenly between the two
2. Shake some bees from supers of big colony into both nucs (2a - spray air freshener or essential oil sugar mist to confuse pheromone scent?)
3. place queen in each nuc, in push-in cage over emerging brood, honey, pollen and empty cells
4. Leave for four days
5. Return, see if bees are balling her or if happy enough, removing cage if all is well.
Don't remove the push-in cage until she is laying and the bees are calm - laying might take a week perhaps more.
So I'm thinking:
1. Split nuc into two nuc boxes, dummy to 4 frames each, sharing frames with capped brood evenly between the two
2. Shake some bees from supers of big colony into both nucs (2a - spray air freshener or essential oil sugar mist to confuse pheromone scent?)
3. place queen in each nuc, in push-in cage over emerging brood, honey, pollen and empty cells
4. Leave for four days
5. Return, see if bees are balling her or if happy enough, removing cage if all is well.
Don't remove the push-in cage until she is laying and the bees are calm - laying might take a week perhaps more.