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Splitting a honeybee colony can reduce swarming and is a way to expand an apiary. In this video I demonstrate how a split can be done in a Layens Horizontal Hive, keeping both colonies in the same hive. Note: This is not necessarily a permanent solution; eventually one colony will need to be moved for space. But this method allows the colonies to divide the foragers while they are building back up after the split.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Opening the Hive and Moving Half the Frames
02:58 - Advice for Users of Layens Frames
03:30 - Finding the Queen
04:13 - Moving the Other Half
06:14 - Hunt for the Queen (Again)
08:30 - Marking the Queen
09:22 - Closing the Hive
10:15 - Recap & About Keeping the Colonies Separate
11:15 - Closing