Originally Posted by
The Drone Ranger
This is what I would try it has worked for me anyway
First screw your nicot cassette into a clean new frame
Fit foundation into the frame around the cassette cut bits to fit
Set up a Ben harden queen rearing system in a strong hive
Catch your queen and put her in the nicot
Put the frame with her and the cassette above the queen excluder as an extra to the Ben Harden setup
(Dont spray sugar syrup or anything)
After 24 hours have a look for eggs
If they are laid up don't pull the front off the cassette just take out the white plug
The queen will find her way out after a while
Wait till the eggs hatch 3 days
Look at the back of the cassette and choose cups with plenty royal jelly
Use the white cup holder to pick them up
Stick them on your queen raising frame which will will have been sitting empty in the Ben Harden
Leave the cassette in the queen raiser above the queen excluder
Check for starts after 24hrs
Any misses use the white holder to pick up other cups from the cassette
Check again 24 hrs later
any misses you have one more go at getting cups from cassette
Remove cassette (they will have been drawing the new wax on the frame
wait for queen cells to mature
If they are building brace comb on cells try and distract them with a frame fitted with starter strip only
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