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On this video I show how I use a double dividing board to make a split. I visit our St John Bee yard where I had placed 4 double dividing boards in hives that did not have swarm or superseding cells in them on my last visit. By placing a doubled screened board between the boxes, it forces the bee to draw out emergency cells in the box that the queen is not in thus making it possible for me to split the hive and averting the hive to swarm.
The one scenario I forgot to talk about when using a double screened board is what happens when you go back 7 to 10 days later to check for cells and there are none in the box that the queen is not in. In those instances I have a number of options:
1. I could remove the board and simply rejoin the hives.
2. I could add a frame of brood, one that has eggs 3 days or younger on it, I just guess and I have good luck with that.
3. I could take a frame from another hive with an emergency cell or two one it and put it in that box...that is after knocking all the bees on the frame back into the box they came from.
4. Buy a queen and add her to the hive.
And there probably there are several other solutions to the problem, but at least it is not a hopeless situation.
I'm really itching to do a removal, but with the coronavirus still having it's way with the world, I simply have to wait just like everyone else is doing. I hope all are practicing healthy choices, and I continue to pray for those who are suffering now and those who will suffer due to the effects this virus will cause to our economy.
And though these are difficult times, I still pray all will remember to live the joy of Easter and Christ's resurrection. God's peace to all. Mr. Ed