I'm planning to try some fall splits using queen cells - maybe overwintering as five-frame nucs. As soon as the sourwood flow (if any) is over (mid-July) I'll be putting on Apistan strips. I'd like to go ahead and split them shortly therafter. Here's the question: Any problem rearing and mating queens while the strips are on? Greg ______________________________________________________________ Greg Hankins Happy Hank's Honey House [log in to unmask] Mt. Gilead, North Carolina