Another interesting way to get a few queen cells is on the spot queen rearing or OST.
has any one tried it? And what are folks thoughts on it?
To me it's kinda a reverse walk away split.
Put your queen into a nuc with brood and food and then 1 week later raid your primary now queenless colony and raid it for emergency queen cells.
An interesting blog here on using the system to maximise honey production and reduce varroa at the same time
https://makinghoney.info/ots-on-the-spot-queen-rearing/
has any one tried it? And what are folks thoughts on it?
To me it's kinda a reverse walk away split.
Put your queen into a nuc with brood and food and then 1 week later raid your primary now queenless colony and raid it for emergency queen cells.
An interesting blog here on using the system to maximise honey production and reduce varroa at the same time
https://makinghoney.info/ots-on-the-spot-queen-rearing/
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