Hello Everyone,

An interesting graftless method, the Hopkins Method, is described by
Jerry Hayes under the point of view(POV) on www.besource.com. I have not
tried it myself but it requires no additional equipment and should work
well.

Grafting is very easy to learn. If you use a Chinese grafting tool(from
Mann Lake for $3), a cheap headband magnifier(less than $10 from Harbor
Freight) and a headband flashlight from any sports($10). You can see the
larva you want to select with the headband magnifier and lamp. The
Chinese tool is then slide down the side of the cell and given a slight
twist after it bottoms out to extract the larva on its bed of royal
jelly. More of a feel rather than actually having to see the larva and
pick it up as with conventional tools.

To simplify the task even further wide base plastic JZ BZ cell cups can
be purchased. These can be inserted into a normal brood frame if only a
few cells need to be raised.

Best Wishes
Dennis