Okay, now we've done some of the baby nucs.
 
We shooksome poorer hives into a cardboard box with flaps tucked right down
inside in to make a trap for bees running up the side and kept them down
with light smoke and sugar syrup sprayed from a Windex bottle.
 
However I am wondering how best to filter out the drones and queens from
these inferior hives so that thy don't wind up in the bulk bees and they
can be disposed of in an appropriate fashion.
 
I know an excluder is involved, but how best do I use it?
 
Another question:  how might possible acarine in the bulk bees for the
nucs influence queen rearing and what measures do those who have acarine
use to deal with this problem?
 
Allen
 
W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper                        VE6CFK
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