About time to put in Snelgrove boards now
Has to be before you find charged queen cells
Queen downstairs with one frame of unsealed brood/larva rest empty drawn combs and foundation
Then put on Queen excluder
Put supers on top of excluder
Snelgrove board on top of supers
All the rest of brood in another broodbox above the board
Open an upper entrance at one side
Open and close doors as per schedule (about 6 days between changes)
The rear upper is where the new queen will fly out for mating
Pin a margarine tub lid or something under the entrance as a marker and landing board
Watch the top box doesn't starve because there will not be many field bees bringing in supplies
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