Splitting hives – Suburban Bees

Hive splitting

8 October 2020 - 11 October 2020 Tony

The sun came out occasionally yesterday and I was able to requeen two hives and split two others. The hive splitting were quick jobs as I had all ready Demareed the hives so that brood and nurse bees were in the top box. The strategy adopted was to have two hives on the same hive
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Swarm prevention and spitting

5 October 2020 - 11 October 2020 Tony

It’s spring and a week ago I did my rounds checking if hives were preparing to swarm. 7 hives were looking as if they were on the verge and I internal split them using the Demaree method. The weather looked good yesterday, just before a cool change. So I went around to check all the
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