timing the dearth in central North Carolina

[FRAMEshift]

This is probably a very geographically specific question but it may have implications in other places.

Can your bees benefit from timing the dearth?  We have hives in Carrboro, NC.  There is a strong June flow here that ends about July 15.  There is a dearth in August and then a goldenrod flow in September.  We did a split this year in a healthy first year hive that we want to transition to natural comb.  The advantage is that we will have a break in the brood cycle so hopefully this untreated hive will not be overwhelmed by mites before it gets established on natural cell comb.   

We pulled the queen on June 20, so the last of the brood should emerge about July 11.  The new queen (who has already emerged and killed her rivals)  should start to lay in late July and the first of the new brood should emerge by mid August.  This would seem to bring the forager population to a minimum during the dearth and the new foragers should be on the job by the September flow.  Has anyone tried this?  Does it result in less consumption of reserves during the dearth? 

[FRAMEshift]

Ok, so has anyone tried timing a dearth where you are?  And do you get a sufficient advantage from breaking the brood cycle to make it worthwhile?

[AllenF]

We here in north Georgia are getting to that slow down now.   Sourwood in some places later this month but that will be it until Goldenrod.