>
> > If a beekeeper is interested in propagating daughter queens from a
> remarkable producer in his bee yard would it beehove him/her to take the
> queen from that hive and make a split from the hive with the queen
> installed in a nuc for the remainder of her life so as to encourage a long
> queen life
I confine such queens to a few combs with queen excluder divider boards.
Reducing the amount of eggs she can lay can greatly extend her life.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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