Peter said:
 "I would think the closest match to natural swarming would be the Demaree Method"

It sounds like Adam's proposed method could be called a "Horizontal Demaree" rather than the Demaree that Peter descibes, which is a vertical stacking of the boxes. Wouldn't the only difference in bee distributions be that the young bees could not get to the brood nest in the horizontal separation method whereas some of them could get to the brood nest in the classic vertical method that Peter describes. So couldn't one actually simulate the classic Demaree in Adam's horizontal method by just leaving a few bees on each of the shaken frames before placing them back on the old stand ? I would think most of the bees still clinging to the shaken frames would be young bees. Also, with just a few bees left on each frame you could make sure that the queen wasn't among them. Seems like it ought to work ? Maybe even better ?
                                                              Ernie Huber
 
 

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