Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Splitting and Supering Hives
I’m a bit behind in my posts. About 3 weeks ago I went through all my hives, again. The intention was to either split or super the ones that were getting crowded to keep them from swarming. It quickly became … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Queen Rearing : Honeybees
Tagged bee, Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm, hive, honeybees, how to, Maple Falls, nuc, queen excluder, split, Washington
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April Spilts & Nucs (making new hives from old)
Description of dividing board (or platform) which separates an established hive from a nucleus hive (nuc or split). This enables the nuc to use the heat of the established hive, but allows beekeeper access to lower hive. Also how to do an overnight split. Continue reading
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Tagged bottom screen, hives, nuc, nucleus, over night split, overnight, overnight split, parent hive, split, splits
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