Is it safe to split the hive now?

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john1

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Hi,
I have a queen less hive with 2 queen cells.

After one of the queen cells is hatched, I am thinking of taking the frame with the remaining capped cell to a Nuc and get some bees from another hive which has more bees and put them all together in a Nuc. Is that fine around this time of the year - end of July?
Thanks
 
If you wait until after the first queen cell has emerged you risk the other cell being killed before you can remove it. So if you want to use both cells I would get it out before either cell emerges and you have a virgin running around. There is still time for queens to get mated and nucs to build up before winter. I tend to err on the side of caution when making up late summer nuc and be a bit more generous with the brood and bees I put in them than i am with earlier nucs.
 

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