Quite frankly, the easiest way to get good queens from a walk away spilt is to ensure you don't introduce larvae to the split. Give the split nothing but eggs if possible. By the time the eggs hatch, almost all the pheremon will be gone, and there will be nothing but 1 or 2 day old larvae to choose from. If you can't isolate a frame of exclusive eggs, just cut out a section that solely eggs, and put in swarm capture frame. Give the frame of pollen and honey, and put split on old location.
Not sure why we have to make things so difficult and complicated.
Scot Mc Pherson
McPherson Family Honey Farms
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