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How to Split Your Beehive Successfully: Easy Splits for a Backyard Beekeeper
Intro & Splitting Basics
Basics: Intro, What is a Split, Why, & When to Split (17:49)
The Queenmaking Process
How Bees Make a Queen (29:59)
How to Make a Basic Split or Nuc
How Big Does Your Hive Have to Be to Split (7:14)
How to Make a Super Easy Split (just take a box away into a split) (10:32)
How to Make a Nuc (Recommended for your first splits) (23:34)
Putting the Nuc in Your Yard or Moving It Away (Getting the Foragers or Not) (12:32)
How & When to Check on Your Nuc for Queen Cells & Queen Mating (11:46)
Quick Review & Comparison of Making Basic Splits, Plus Common Problems & Solutions (16:38)
Variations on Splits
Tour of Queen Cell Photos & What They Mean (13:09)
Adding a Queen Cell or Mated Queen into a Split (Why & How) (17:40)
Benefits of a Broodless Period (Varroa Mite Reduction) (3:08)
How to Make a Nuc WITH the QUEEN (& How to Spot the Queen) (22:13)
Making a Split Without Having More Hives Longterm (2:35)
The Aftermath of Splitting (Queen Mating, Laying Worker, & Combining Hives)
Queen Mating, Laying Worker, & How to Combine Hives (14:25)
Backup Plans & Redundancy in Splitting (2:59)
Questions & Answers at End of Class
Q&A at End of Class
Bonus Materials
Queen Spotting Video (2:36)
Instructions on Transporting & Inspecting Your Nuc
Putting the Nuc in Your Yard or Moving It Away (Getting the Foragers or Not)
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