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Submit ReviewWithout moving anything smaller than a frame (no grafting, that is) you can make a few to several good queens off your favorite hive. References mentioned (some in reference to next episode):
http://www.bushfarms.com/beessplits.htm#cutdown
Generates a calendar for your queens (use with splits by using your split date as the graft date)
https://thebeeyard.org/queen-rearing-calendar/
cushman.net/bee/queenraise.html">http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/queenraise.html
cushman.net/bee/benhardenmethod.html">http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/benhardenmethod.html
https://www.theapiarist.org/vertical-splits-making-increase/
https://www.theapiarist.org/cloake-board-queen-rearing/
https://www.theapiarist.org/ben-harden-queen-rearing-intro/
About the podcast: Leigh Knott started with bees in 2010 and keeps around a dozen hives at 3000' in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, fully chemical free and without buying replacement bees since starting.
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