On  9 Jan 97 at 1:42, Ted Fischer wrote: Re: Splits
 
> On your second question:  In my opinion, by putting frames of eggs and
> young brood into a nuc, you will be trying to get too much production
> from too few bees.  I don't think that a nuc will be able to raise a
> good queen from scratch.  If you get anything at all, she will likely be
> a runt.
 
Not strictly true. A nuc will make a very satisfactory queen PROVIDED the
following are adhered too.
        Lots of young bees (recently emerged)
        Lots of stores, especially pollen
        Incoming nectar
        Limited number of queen cells.
The other major problem. The nuc is under pressure to make a queen of any
sort. Under these circumstances they will often take a larvae that is
really too old, these produce a scrub, but as the saying goes 'any port in
a storm'   What happens now is, superscedure, now the bees have time.
        To prevent this happening, go to hive at 4 days after introducing eggs,
cut out any sealed cells found. The Golden Rule "any cell sealed in under
9 days from egg laying is NO good" Cull them!!! Don't waste your time
trying them!!!!
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