The Poor man's method (Hopkins)

[BobTheBuilder]

Hello all.

I hope today will be the year I do some queen rearing for myself.
I have a surviving beehive that threw a swarm last year (the swarm did not survive winter) and I'm thinking to myself: "These bees are getting adapted to my local environment."

That's why I want to go ahead with this hive and make some more queens from this line.

This is what I'm thinking of doing. Any feedback is welcome.

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1. I'll wait untill I have a hive that's building up really nice.
2. I'll look for the Q in that hive and put her in a new box with all eggs I can find and move that Q to another apiary. (with enough bees so she can build up again)
3. From my surviving hive I'll remove a frame of eggs and young larvae and put that frame (without the bees) on top of the queenless hive - using the Hopkins method - this will be the only source to draw queens from.
4. I'll harvest the queens on day 9 leaving one or two for the hive and move them into mating nucs.

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Any comments? Suggestions?

Thanks!