When I helped Dee Lusby in Southern Arizone, we sometimes did splits of hives to make up for dead/absconded hives. We just pulled apart strong hives and moved the second lowest box (a hive consisted of 5 boxes) to another pile. In order to not scare the queen, we did this without smoking them first. Boy were those bees p****d. Took a short movie when they were buzzing around me.
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