Control Bee Swarms: Know When And How To Split A Hive

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 These frames must be covered in a good layer of bees and the top of the frames must be covered when you place the lid on the hive. 

This is a bit of a strange question! It is like asking how many pieces of string can you cut from a piece of string. 

How Many Splits Can Be Made From One Hive?

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 When you have finished the splits, use the tub to scrape up the extra bees in the mother hive box and dump them into the splits.

How Long Does It Take To Do A Split?

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More Time-Consuming Splits

You can put the box that had the queen back in the original hives spot and move the three other boxes to a new apiary.

A walkaway split is a simple easy, low-time method. You literally just split the brood box or boxs up into the splits.

Walkaway Splits

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When To Split A Beehive

If we have a big strong hive, and we requeen it via a number of different methods, that hive will go on to produce a large crop of honey.

When this hive looks ready to swarm, you remove the old queen and a few frames of brood into a swarm control split. 

The Benefits Of A Small Swarm Control Split

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If you want to make a quick walk away split it is really just a case of putting a few nucleus boxes on the ground next to the hive. 

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