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Thanks so much again for this suggestion. It's exactly the solution we needed. How soon do you think it would be safe to recombine them? Maybe two weeks after the split? And in the meantime, I figure we should keep the queenless half of this split queenless (remove all queen cells)?

Thank you both so much for your replies! This is very helpful. And hindsight is always valuable. I'm going to read up on vertical splits. So, follow-up questions: 1. Re. the old (Q-) hive – during yesterday's inspection (a few days post-swarm) we found two queen cells (sealed), no eggs, and...

Hi everyone, We’re new-ish (4th year) beekeepers dealing with our first swarm/post-swarm experience. The background: On April 20 we split an overwintered hive (2 deep & busy brood boxes), after finding a charged queen cell and a cup with an egg in it, for swarm prevention purposes. We used the...

Hello! I'm an urban beekeeper with hives in a community garden in Vancouver, Canada. Discovering that the more I learn, the less I know! 🐝🤎