I am getting ready to make some splits. Most of my hives have been wintered
as double brood chambers.
 
Had five Kona queens ready to make some splits but could not find one queen
in some of my hives.  They were all hiding.  :)
 
I thought about just putting a queen excluder or double screen board
between the hives and seeing which part has no eggs or starts emergency
queen cells.  But this takes about 2--3 days and I don't think the waiting
queens can last longer.
 
IS there a faster method of splitting hives?
 
 
Paul Cronshaw, D.C.
Cyberchiro/High School Teacher and Hobbyist Beekeeper
Santa Barbara, CA  USA