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S W Cranfield <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 May 2001 11:25:55 +1200
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hi barry
           In New Zealand I use a variation of this system. the queen is
confined to the bottom box below an excluder the second box contains a frame
of capped brood a gap for the graft and a frame of pollen and a feeder the
reast of the box is filled with honey and empty combs.
   the day befor the graft the hive is fed syrup and a frame of 30 plastic
queen cups ( to condition )
   The morning befor the graft the boxs are reversed and the excluder
replaced with a split board ( hard board mat with 50mm entrance to the back)
grafting into the bottom box can be done after half an hour.  feed & close
up.
 12 hour later reverse the boxs , old queen to the bottom, queen excluder
and grafted cells  up stairs with another litre feed of syrup. 9 days later
hey presto 25 to 30 nice cells.
  I do this to 5 hives a day every second day to requeen my 700 hives each
year
                         shaun cranfield
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                         Auckland

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