Raising Queens from Swarm Cells

Swarm cells make the best queens. Better than emergency cells and better than grafted cells. But can using them increase the swarming impulse?

[medic]

The key words i considered that a harvest too. Nothing goes to waste in the apiary.

[imkereistappert]

Yeah, great. See it the same way. And the last scentence is so true. We should see it as a harvest. If the colony doesnt bring honey, it can give nucs that way

[asksoftkeith]

I keep watching your clips over and over and I pick up more info each time.
Is there a reasonable way to force a hive into swarm mode to be able to harvest swarm cells? Obviously the goal is to create swarm cells and pull the colony back before an actual swarm. Is it as easy as moving a two deep hive into a single deep? I am the mostly blind beekeeper and will never be able to graft queens.
Thanks Keith

[MilesofBeard]

I would love to see your expertise on queen rearing. I have about 10 hives and finding it frustrating all ready if I have any issue with a hive or a queen disappearing to correct the problem. I have had bad luck with throwing in a frame of eggs and brood. In Colorado we have a short window of being successful so I would rather have backups then waiting on a colony to create a new queen. If I can effectively do this with a nuc and not using to much of the little resources I have I would love too. In the area we have few people making queens and could also help with the local bee clubs

[raterus]

How exactly do you split when you see swarm cells? Do you just simply take a queenless frame of bees/brood with a swarm cell hanging off of it and move it to a nuc?

[ETsBees]

Hello Mr Binnie,
I want to raise and sell queens this year. What is the best way you have found to getting queens sold?