Done my first AS last year as far as i could see it was a case of separating the Queen from most of the brood and leave the Queen with the flying bees.Last year was a bad year for honey loads what i was wondering which Colony after the AS was likely to produce a honey crop. The one with the Queen has all the flying bees and is going to deminish untill the new brood has hatched and flying. The other one has the bulk of the brood but no flying bees and has to produce a mated Queen "Will any produce a good honey crop?"