I made it through winter with my one hive doing well. I kept my bees crowded on purpose so I could split them. So we made the split, old queen into the new hive with less resources, most of the bees and brood into the old hive. They were to crowded and made almost 20 queen cells, so I split them again. A week later one hive swarmed, wish I have the camcorder. So now we have 4 hives, two are really strong and two that are getting there. Saturday we had a good time marking queens for the first time. You guys know the drill, find the unmarked queen, catch her, hold her still, mark her, hold her still some more for the paint to dry, let her back into her hive, then repeat two more times. It was good fun, thanks for all the help.