On  1 May 98 at 9:09, BeeCrofter wrote:
 
>         How successfull is taking a hive full of swarm cells and
>         dividing it into 3
> or 4 nucs depending on the brood and number of cells available?
>     My understanding is that swarm cell queens are pretty well
>     raised and
> fairly strong.
 
A good way to do things. Provided the cells are not emergency cells
ie. ones raised from a queenless hive. Without interference from the
keeper, true emergency cells will rarely produce quality queens.
 
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