Quote Originally Posted by Rosie View Post
I would put the queen cells into the apideas a day earlier than you i.e ten days after grafting. I also keep the mini-nucs closed in a cool dark place for 3 days and spray water into them a couple of times a day before moving them to their final positions and opening. Having said that many people open the mini-nucs immediately and seem to get away with it. Be careful to position the mini-nucs a long way from your other hives and all facing different directions.

Rosie
The Mrs might not approve but I wondering whether to take them back home and stick them in the garden if they're that labour intensive. Apideas I can cope with, full hives or even nucs, no way.

This is the advantage of getting a group together and grafting a batch every week.
Early days! Our local group (aside from the association) is, ahem, polluted by the "natural" crowd and I'm sure this is against their principles or something.