Dear BEE-L readers
HELP!!!
I am writing from Cape Town in sunny South Africa and currently run
about 20 working hives ( had a good crop of honey thus far ), but
would like to propogate the swarms to doube the working force for next
season.
Reports I've had on methods vary for the type of bee in question.
I now ask all you cleaver Beekeepers out there that know the Cape
Bee ( Capensis Meliflera) :
"What is the most successful way to split a hive without encouraging
the laying worker syndrome?"
Yours faithfully
Karl Dehning