Making Splits and Queens
Posted by Jonathan on May 21, 2011 | 4 comments We’ve been very busy in our apiary the past week or so splitting our stronger wintered colonies. When conditions are right in the Spring, a healthy colony of bees will see its population expand very rapidly. Unless the beekeeper intervenes, the old queen will leave the hive with two thirds of the worker bee population, and find a place to set up shop elsewhere. You may have witnessed...read more
