I don't know where it started, tho I remember it on Bee-L in the 90's 
from both Dave Green (pollinators page, from SC) and Allen.  I don't 
remember George Imrie using the term.

Carolyn in SC

On 8/4/2013 5:36 PM, allen wrote:
>>> ... (managing commercially) two strains with v
> To change the subject back to walk-away splits, I have a question for 
> the gurus.  Where did that expression come from and who used it first?
>
> I recall adopting walk-away as a term back in the '90s to describe my 
> technique of simply splitting a two-story hive in two and walking away 
> with no real need to check it for three weeks.  Now, I am wondering if 
> I read that term somewhere, or if I actually dreamed it up.  Does 
> anyone know who used it first and where?

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