MickBBKA wrote: ↑14 Apr 2020, 03:14That's good to hear, I certainly did not do it as you describe, I think these days the tightness in my Yorkshire pockets objects to having two of everything when vertical manipulations are cheaperChrisbarlow wrote: ↑12 Apr 2020, 08:30I always found pagden quite demanding to implement, the bees never understood what they were supposed to be doing.
Verical manipulations are far superior
Pagden works very well IMHO, but depends how you do it. I go for a full on approach. Queen, flying bees, foundation, no comb, no brood, small amount of stores, big feeder. Never failed yet.
I do like vertical splits though..
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