Yep yep, you have to shake EVERY bee from the hive like 100 feet away. I just checked yesterday, and the bees FINALLY have 3 capped queen cells. (phew). Hopefully those 3 will pan out, and i'll get atleast 1 queen... Anyways, I split one of my massive hives about a month ago, and they already look like they should be split again. I'll probably split them again in about 2-3 weeks when they hatch another round of brood and I should have eggs. I have to let them build on that duragilt, which means they have build it up. Man I hate that stuff, I think i'm just going to start buying pre-built foundation which will save the bees quite a bit of time.
Jake