The 2 frame nuc idea for queen rearing was an initial hit. It is a hybrid walkaway technique I guess, where I placed one frame of eggs and brood in a 2 frame nuc with some food. Seven days later I was able to create 3 hives from these frames. Here's what happened.

If pollen is coming into your hive does that mean your hive is healthy? Maybe yes maybe no. Here is the discussion.

Looking at trying the Queen Castle for the first time and with following boards creating 2 frame nucs. First time trying this, but hoping it will reduce the workload and increase the success rate in doing July splits.

After a few delays I was able to get out and have a look at the hives. Here is the report for July 6.

Can the 2 frame Nuc help our bees create better queen cells? I discuss upcoming research on trying to see if there is a way to use the 2 frame nucs to improve the quality of the walkaway split.

I didn't think these two hives would survive with just a handful of bees coming out of winter. What a pleasant surprise and perhaps some traits we need to see in our survivor hives.

This was a surprise.

This topic has caused a great deal of conflict between beekeepers and the general public. How do I define it, how do you?

A look at preparations for the new strain of bees and a farm update.

In this second podcast on this topic, I discuss how queens lay different eggs based on environmental situations and what that means to our usual practice of splitting hives. I also briefly discuss an experiment inspired by these new findings.