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?

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