>Have either of you written articles about this procedure in one of
the bee mags?

I have not and I do not think one has ever been done.

> Is it more strictly a commercial operation?

Trashing is a common practice with many advantages. What I forgot to say is
we kill all queens we find but time is money so if you do not find the queen
then you simply move on. Also there are variations and also  some BS
about the method like the Adee (3 nucs and an extra frame from each hive
story in Bee Culture) . Sounds good but in reality you work fast with what
you find and some you make plenty of nucs and others maybe only one or part
of another. Other hives are depopulated. The nucs being made are the
important part as the hives used only provide the material needed. When you
complete doing the yard then the job is complete.

Help learns fast how to "trash a hive". In many ways easier than having to 
stand over their shoulder pulling frames for increase trying not to move the 
old queen to the increase.  Which is a practice we hardly ever do as there 
is a better way.

Also many variations of trashing the hive.

I would trace the first "trashing the Hive" in beekeeping history back to
Bell Honey in Florida in the early sixties . Stories of his method of
bringing a whole semi load of bees into a huge building and converting all
hives into nucs coming out the other side. Moved to Lake County, Florida and
each given a queen cell gave the industry the idea in my opinion.

>Advantages?

1.swarming control

2, requeening

3. all hives the same strength so will need supers at the same time

4.increase of hive numbers.

5. cull old comb and bad equipment.

 Is there any reason for a hobbyist to do this?

If the above reasons are needed. Certainly not rocket science.

bob

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