>why not doing it the other way around? I mean, as you have everything
>palletized, why not moving the "mother" hives and leaving the nucs/splits
>in their position to receive the forager?

Good thought.  The problem is that there is one mother hive and a number 
of splits.  Another is that last year, the bees did not behave as expected and 
I had drifting that was problematic, evvne though I thought I had compensated
in the size of the splits.  I'd really like it if I can place all hives where I want 
them without fear of unpredicatble drifting.

>What ever, each beekeeping is local.

That is right and odd things happen here when doing spring splits.  The most 
reliable and trouble-free system that worked for me for many years has been 
to simply do side-by-side splits and let one half raise its own quees.  One 
year I did that twice, to the same hives with very good results.  I did not quite 
get four hives out of each orginal hive since we always lose a few queens over 
summer, but I was not even home most of the time and hardly did any work
at all.

However, I don't want to do this the easy and cheapo way that works every 
time and takes minutes instead of hours -- and does not involve buying any 
new toys or chemicals or asking for advice.

What would I have to write about?

>If you try with AN please tell us the results.

Will do, but now I am thinking...

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