Worked in the yard over the weekend checking my three hives and found that #2 hive was booming, chock full of bees in two deeps along with a shallow filling with honey. Been keeping an eye on the bee yard and have spotted drones from all three hives, the weather is warming up so I decided it was time to split before they start swarm mode. Pulled a total of 6 brood and honey frames out of #2 and did a split. Couldn't find any queen cells so gave the split a frame with eggs and young brood hoping they will do their thing and make a queen.
Checked the hive that had a major mite problem along with SHB's and found that it has recovered to my surprise. All three hives are bringing in honey, seem queen right and have plenty of space to grow. Best beginning I've had in four frustrating years.
Started feeding the split with 1/1 sugar water to help it get started right.