>
> >Verifying queenright is part of making splits.


I agree with Bob.

After about 21 days laying workers will start in the queenless ones, making
queenrightness check much more time consuming.   Plus, IMHO, is a waste of
bees if they are not tending brood, so I want to combine any queenless bees
into queenright nucs ASAP.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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