Figuring out which hive is the problem

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Sutty

From Glossop, North Derbyshire, UK
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I currently have 8 hives (including a recent split) and 3 nucs. They are all very close together. For the last few weeks I've been buzzed and sometimes attacked when 10-12m away from the hives.
Some have been requeening, and it has improved a bit recently.
It's hard to figure out which colony is the problem - if anyone has bright ideas how to I'm all ears!
 
First I would review the extremes (the weakest and the one with the greatest number of supers). If you want to solve the problem of the weakest one, remove a super from the strongest one with everything (bees and honey) and arrange it on the breeding chamber with newspaper (two or three cuts with the knife to make the work easier).
 
I would consider their temperament when being inspected, the main indicator.
 
Simple inspect each hive with no gloves. The one with the most stings is the culprit.. (which is in practise what I do: count stings and requeen the worst)
 
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