I am sorry, I thought everyone knew what that meant. It's an old term. Means, take full colonies and reduce them to as many nucs as possible. If the colonies are good enough you can make ten from one. In my case, it was more like three from one. I used bought queens, but queen cells are almost as good. Letting bees raise their own, despite the fact that many do it and I often suggest it, is a waste of time and energy, by most reckonings.

The best plan is to move the hives to a new location. But about 15 years ago, I listened to a presentation on the subject and the beekeeper said you can do it in the same yard PROVIDED nothing looks the same or is in the same place as it was. If you have a yard of twenty, say, and convert to 80, no hive should be in the spot where an old one was and the entrances should be pointed willy nilly. Then no hive looks more like their original hive than another and they should disperse pretty evenly. 

Try it!

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