In a message dated 29/11/2008 18:31:19 GMT Standard Time,
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moving nucs to a new location before
introducing a cell or queen in my opinion helps.
The success (my opinion) comes from "trashing the hive" which completely
makes the bees forget the old hive
I have successfully used a method developed in New Zealand by Vince Cook.
The contents of a hive are evenly distributed between a handful of nucs, each
with a queen cell, that are placed in a circle surrounding the position of
the original hive, which has been removed. The bees redistribute themselves
fairly evenly and any great imbalance can be rectified by the beekeeper
swapping combs at the next visit.
Chris
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