>
> >(1) De-queen as many hives as you need to meet your drone needs.


I question how well the small emergency drones produced by such a technique
would function for mating.  I suspect that they would work in a pinch.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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