>>> For example, once they had brood in six of the nine or so combs, one could make a split. Then, the colonies probably would not swarm<><><> Make the split and then place the split above the parent hive using a Snellgrove board. Essentially you'd have a two queen colony. You would continually be bleeding off the excess forager bees from the top colony to the bottom colony. But still a lot of work. Mike in LA
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