The John Harding Queen Rearing Set-Up - Part 1

It's Been A While!
Great to be back with a cracker of a video series for you this season.
This year we're raising some queens using a starter method that I've personally not used before.
The John Harding Method of Setting Up three nuc boxes with a couple of queen right colonies, one at each end.
We'll be producing several new videos showing how we get on, the successes, and more importantly, the learning points, otherwise known as mistakes.

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[tonyfisher]

Stuart is the master of the beekeeping videos .... no gimmicks here just straight 4ward education

[benjamindejonge]

Always something new to try out, thanks

[tonnehead]

A great start to the weekend!
Really enjoyed the chat with BMH.

[makedaily]

"I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work." -Thomas A. Edison

[RS-lvlk]

Stewart, are you still using the John Harding Queen Rearing Set-Up?

[kittypole]

How do the two hives in the middle not fight?

[WIBeek]

You described this process very well but wow that's a complicated queen rearing system.

[DavidFrat]

You described this set up really well on the podcast. Looks exactly like i imagined.
I wonder why the workers from 2 separate colonies get on well with each other in the middle box.