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when you say you will try micheal bush's method what do you mean? in his last post he said "its just not worth risking the healthy hive by combining with a laying worker hive." is that what your talking about or does he mention another method?
I am a firm believer that different things work at different times of the year, I have seen this many times especially raising queens, the only time I had a laying worker was with a nuc, I took it about 100 feet away and shook it out then put it were it was and put a frame of brood with the nurse bee's still on it ( made sure the queen wasn't there) and the foragers from that nuc returned, after a month I had a laying queen from the frame of brood I put in the hive after shaking all the bee's from it, but I believe at different time's MB's method of combining will work better but I have never tried it but I will at least one time just to see,,, he's a old pro and I want to learn as much as I can, if I ever was to learn what MB,FINSKY,GOLFSYCHO,ROBO, (this is a few, cant name them all)and a few more on this site I know I would be the smartest beekeeper ever known,,, but Im getting there and not saying I want get there but the odds are against me :D
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