> Ps. Did you ever try the cork method Dr. Farrar used to move the bees 
> around in his brood boxes Allen?

Actually, I can't recall. That was over 35 years ago.  I did the whole 
two-queen thing though.  The one thing I recall was how easy the wintering 
was compared to after going to single queens.  All I needed was a slab of 
insulation on top of the hive and Bob's your uncle.

How did that cork thing go?  Was that plugging an unplugging holes in the 
front to move bees up?  If so, use that effect to some extent in splitting 
to this day but without corks.  I hide the lower entrances to move bees up 
to the split on top (but the bees tend to move to a new hole placed higher 
anyhow).  I have auger holes in all my brood boxes, but not supers.

 

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