Brian asks

< So I'm interested to hear opinions of others on which system is the best 
and why.

I use the Cloake Board method firstly because I take "normal" honey hives, 
the best, to use.  It is standard within our operation.  If they get weak I 
can just take them out and replace with other standard hives.  I can graft 
into this hive and then a week later take the sealed cells out and put into 
other standard hives to keep warm and regraft.  I only use an incubator for 
the last night as this allows me to get an early start on catching day.

As I am grafting for 6 months straight it is a lot easier to use Cloake 
Boards than the swarm box method which, in my experience, needs a lot more 
work.  If you are only doing one or two grafts, then the swarm box may be 
suitable.

Hope this helps.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA

 

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