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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Follow the Bloom - 2024
« Last post by .30WCF on Today at 12:08:01 am »Honeysuckle and Golden Alexanders
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Can I just split this colony?At the end of the day there's only 2 ways to make a split. You can purchase a queen or allow the split to make its own which in your case will be an emergency queen. When I make splits, they either have charged swarm cells, or I have mated queens ready. Emergency queens can sometimes be poor quality. If you make the split now it will be around 30 days until the new queen is laying and another 12 days for bees the best age to produce wax. You might be able to pull it off but once August comes around wax production gets harder. Honestly you should focus on getting your new hive strong for winter and learn about mite/honeybee life cycle and biology. Your bees could produce honey this year and make splits next year.