>>>   compare the money spent on requeening and the actual return, versus -- say -- the same money invested in queen    >>>  Add to that the 21 day MIN downtime       <><><>    If one were to use a double screen Snellgrove board then one could raise a new queen above the old colony and not loose the lowering production of the old, failing queen.  When the new queen starts laying, join the two colonies.
Mike in LA

 
  

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