Hello all, I recently bought ten new nuc boxes in preparation for the upcoming season, I hope to divide the nucs into two two frame hives and raise Queens two Queens in one box, and then combining two nuc boxes together under one Queen, or selling the Nucs with the Queens. I have a frame for grafting, as well as the cell cups and a mating nuc, but I don't think I have the skill with grafting that I need to make Queens that way, so I have been looking at ways to make Queens without grafting, but so far none have really appealed to me, so I was thinking about just letting a colony go until it gets to the swarm point or removing their Queen, and letting them make their own Cells, which I could then harvest and put into the nucs to have the Queens raised and mated, then sold.
I would also like to hear about systems others have used besides grafting that has worked for them, and any opinions on the way I want to do it. Thanks Folks, and Happy Beekeeping, Cole.