Hello all,
I have a rather large hive that has swarmed on me twice, and it seems after hiving the swarm they go back home. Yesterday my wife and I split it. I was amazed at how many started queen cells were in the boxes. Two brood boxes are totally covered with bees and we have two supers on it, one is almost full and the other the center 3 or 4 are starting to fill. I pulled three frames of brood and fresh eggs along with bees and placed them in a nuc with honey and pollen. This morning they are not bearding so bad and seem to be settled. We are thinking we could get another split off of it in the future. I have never seen a hive build-up so fast. Wow. I know that spliting a hive lessens the honey production but am I wrong to want to expand my apiary? Thoughts appreciated.
David