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<blockquote data-quote="CHCHPaul" data-source="post: 772" data-attributes="member: 205"><p>Checkerboarding is an interesting system but not a great one for swarm control in chch as the nights are usually too cold in spring. So, if you separate brood by checkerboarding the outside frames will most likely be abandoned and the brood will die.</p><p></p><p>Checkerboarding honey supers works well when needing to draw frames on a slow but steady flow. And it works particularly well when using foundationless frames for comb honey - I start by putting on a fresh box of 10 foundation frames, then a week or so later bring a box of foundationless and checkerboard them all (20). A week or so later you should have 10 beautifully, and seemingly miraculously, drawn full frames of comb honey.</p><p></p><p>Only works on a good flow of course 😬</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHCHPaul, post: 772, member: 205"] Checkerboarding is an interesting system but not a great one for swarm control in chch as the nights are usually too cold in spring. So, if you separate brood by checkerboarding the outside frames will most likely be abandoned and the brood will die. Checkerboarding honey supers works well when needing to draw frames on a slow but steady flow. And it works particularly well when using foundationless frames for comb honey - I start by putting on a fresh box of 10 foundation frames, then a week or so later bring a box of foundationless and checkerboard them all (20). A week or so later you should have 10 beautifully, and seemingly miraculously, drawn full frames of comb honey. Only works on a good flow of course 😬 [/QUOTE]
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