Hi Jack & All I'll jump in on this one and say all of the methods will work, some are better for some purposes and others are suited to larger scale operations. But for an experienced beekeeper wishing to raise a dozen or so queens, I recommend... http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/method2.html This can either raise queens or nucs or both at once. It has been revised over many years and produces thousands of pedigree queens every season in UK. It relies on grafting, which is by far the easiest method of all of possibilities. None of the cupkit methods are as reliable and easy as grafting, by far the greatest input required from the beekeeper, is the care after the cells are started and that attention is the same whatever method is used to induce cell raising. The only downside to this method, is making the sliding board to fit an existing wire queen excluder. I say have a go... If it fails, then hopefully you will find out why and learn how to do it better next time. If you have difficulty seeing to do the grafting, get your eyes re-tested. Normal eyes or properly corrected defective vision allows easy visibility of larvae. Another thing often missed in grafting... Do not be afraid to cut away the bulk of the comb, almost down to the midrib... It makes seeing and doing a lot easier. Make sure the grub that you graft is no larger than a comma on a printed page. Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable) -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---