I've done splits a number of times now and this vid is still one of the best, simplest, to the point vids on how to do it.

I have watched a lot of videos about splitting hives and allowing them to requeen themselves and this was the best video, thanks so much!

Thanks Max for helping out this Newbie, your quite a confidence builder.

Out of all the research and videos ur the first to mention u dont want full frames to allow for more room of everything . Ty

Thank you for this video - explained in a simple way - Love it

Good video well explained.

I hope you will have a follow up on how it did? Most people show the splitting process but rarely show them going back for the first look. Great video. Thanks

Awesome video. Very informative. Other split videos missed the after and how they react to eggs after. Thank you! From Pittsburgh PA

Thank you so much ..

Thanks for that video. You explain what's going on very good.

excellent explanation -thank you

Thank you for saving time in the beginning!

That was really well explained, thank you.

Great video Max! Keep em coming

Great video. Very well explained, thanks !

Holy crap all those hives at the end!! Crazy cool! When's my interview? Haha

Good teacher! Thanks for the info!

Thanks, great Video

So what if you don't have the access to move them 2-3 miles away? I have frames with capped queen cells already, can I split it with them and put them a few hundred yards away? This is a great video with basic info so it does not go over the head of us newbees.

@maxb9135

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Hazelwood If a couple hundred yards away is the most you can do then move them in the evening and put an obstacle course in front of the entrance. Just some sticks or branches in front for the first couple days, this will make the bees reprogram their sense of direction when they leave the hive ( another example would be pointing the entrance to the fence maybe a foot away). Also when you move them in the evening, leave the entrance closed until sundown(they won’t fly back in the dark). Also try to pick frames where brood is about to hatch or close to hatching, if that’s unavailable then you could add another frame of brood in a week or two.

@mark-ish

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxb9135 clever suggestions.

Perfect video, just something I have been looking for. Thank you for sharing. One question: I don't have anyone 2 or 3 miles away even 900 yard/feet where I can leave a new split hive. I just have my small property and that's about it. Any suggestions/advices on how to deal in this situation? I really do need to learn how to do it, but only problem is space. Looking forward to hear some advice from you. Thank you.

@maxb9135

2 жыл бұрын

Split the hive after bees are mostly done flying for the day. Then get them as far away as you can and position the new hive entrance pointing in a different direction than the original, you can also place a branch in front of the new entrance. What this does is next morning when the bees start to leave the hive the will realize the hive is pointing in a different direction and the branch is a new obstacle, this will somewhat force them to reprogram their inner gps to the new location. Some bees will still go back to original location so you might need to add bees in a week or so.

@andreyzagorulko7778

Жыл бұрын

@@maxb9135 Thank you.

Thank you

I've seen people suggest to knock down all but one queen cell to reduce chance of swarming/reduce virgin queens getting injured when 2 hatch at the same time and fight. Have you ever had a problem leaving multiple queen cells?

So let me ask you this. If you have a small apiary, will placing branches in front of the hive be sufficient enough to cause them to reorient to the new hive location on the other side or the yard?

@maxb9135

3 жыл бұрын

i never experimented with it my self. But i have heard of people doing that and point the hive entrance into a different direction in regards to the sun. I think some of the bees will fly back for sure, but the new hive is queen-less still so you can add bees to it if too much fly back.

Just a couple of question? Can i split the hives with several queen cells again? And how far should my hives be so that they wont return to their original hive?

@maxb9135

Жыл бұрын

2 miles or more and they wont return for sure. Ive done it with 1/2 a miles and had no issues.

Great video Thank you Quick Question You have taken the split 3 or 4 Km away from the original apiary...how long do you wait before taking the split back to the original apiary?

@maxb9135

2 жыл бұрын

After the new queen is laying larve

Thank you for sharing. I have 2 queens in my Russian hive. Both have been in there for over 3 weeks. When you put those frames in did you cover their entrance for any period of time?

@maxb9135

5 жыл бұрын

TheTrooperGirl I don’t cover the entrance because I will always relocate my split to a different location that I have 2-3 miles from my house. If u find that too many bees returned to the original hive because u were not able to relocate it then you can always add another frame of bees to the split before the queen is hatched.

I'm sure not everyone who splits hives have another location to put the hive in..is there another way

@sj6404

5 ай бұрын

Friend's house for a week then return the hive - at night - back to its original position.

If I can’t take the split away, is there anything I can do to keep the bees from going back?

@maxb9135

2 жыл бұрын

get it as far as you can, point the new hive in a different direction than the original in relationship to the sun, temporary place an obstacle of some sort in front of the new hive( branch, crate, plant). periodically check the new hive in case you need to add a frame of bees because too many went back. Also picking frame with most matured brood will help.

@louieb5913

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxb9135 thanks for your reply

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What time of the year would you recommend doing this? Thanks for the info.

@maxb9135

3 жыл бұрын

Depends where you live. Here in Oregon we can split hives starting late April early May into early July at the latest

@gilochoa2980

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxb9135 Im in Socal so those months should work here as well but we never really have a winter here.

Can you split a hive that is one year old or should you wait

@maxb9135

3 жыл бұрын

You can, as long as the size of the hive/time of year allows it. Depending the the climate where you live splits should be done spring early summer