> I am having trouble coordinating the harvest of my honey crop with the raising of new queens and splitting my colonies.

Back in the day, when I tried to make spring honey, I found that you can pull nucs from good strong colonies without hurting them. Just when they are starting to get going, you can steal 3 or 4 frames of brood and bees, and they scarcely miss it. Can even repeat this procedure 2 or 3 times. It's like giving blood, where the body just ramps up production. In the final analysis you get more out the colonies than you would have if you had not done this.

PL

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