Chuck writes:
To the point: I want a queenright hive ASAP! Its as simple
as that!
Actually, in his book _Honey_in_the_Comb_, Eugene Killion recommends a queenless period precisely at the time Dee describes, "close to good flow, possibly main flow even, your bees are built up  ...."  Right at this time is when Killion WANTS his colonies queenless and in the process of requeening.  He actually recommends purposely making the hive queenless at this point in time.  His rationale is that while the hive is queenless the bees will store unripened nectar in the brood chamber, but once a virgin queen gets mated and starts laying the workers will move all the ripening honey from the brood chamber into the honey supers to make room for the newly mated queen to start laying.  Killion planned the queenless period and used it to his advantage to fill the comb honey supers.  It is truely amazing to see how quickly the combs get filled once the new queen starts laying.  According to his practice, cell or mated queen makes no difference.
 
I have on several occasions followed the Killion method to a T.  Amazing results!
 
Aaron Morris - thinking read the book!

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