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