James Kilty wrote:
> works. I did try putting a new queen colony above a mesh divider for a
> few weeks, but they still fought when I united them having disposed of
> the old queen a couple of hours before. Please will you give more
> options Lloyd.

James,

Your experience indicates that the method described may be problematic.
Has anyone attempted, with repeated success, the method described in
"Bee Culture" (outlined in my original post).  I am in my third year bee
keeping and really want to give this a  try.  I am not intolerant to
risk but don't want to do something that may be marginally successful.
I know most of you will recommend I hold off on the 2 queen system until
I have a bit more experience, but I guess I am one of those who likes to
dive in (for better or worse).

As an aside - I don't want to seem untrusting of Serge Labesque and his
article.  But I have learned a long time ago that the printed media is
not always correct by default.  I was hoping the article would contain
contact information as many of these articles often due, but that
unfortunately was not available.

Would love to hear any experiences people may have had with this
technique or others.

Thanks for the help as well as this excellent forum to share knowledge
and experiences.

Mark

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