Splitting Hives??

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ttthay
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Splitting Hives??

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Is it too late to try to split a few hives?? What is the best way to do it? Buy queens or let them raise their on? THanks for all the help in advance :). Sorry for soooo many questions.
Kurt Bower
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Post by Kurt Bower »

I would ony split the strongest of hives.
Your challenge will be to build up the bee population in the next 2 months. It is unlikely they will gain strength too much during the month of October.
Absolutely buy a queen and get them going ASAP.
I think it can be done.
Monitor closely.

Kurt
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