On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Mike S wrote: > > Would a mixture of say 3/4 pollen substitute and 1/4 real pollen suffice > to do the nutritional trick that needs to be accomplished to produce > sufficient drone force for mating requirements. Or maybe carrying the queen with suplements to the right shape at the right time, like flashing pre pollen flow ! > And along that line, to ensure there are sufficient drones for your > mating requirements, how many out laying hives would one need for a fifty > nuc queen rearing yard and what should their placement be. I use 1 drone producing hive per 50 queens which security factor would you like to define for your operation? 2x? 5x? 10x? *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm