There was a break in the weather today, so I added another hive. Yesterday we had 3+ inches of rain. Not exactly a good day to work the bees, but I split a really strong hive of Italians. The process was as follows –
- Two weeks ago I searched for the queen but could not locate her. Both brood boxes were covered with bees and I went through twice.
- I added a queen excluder on top of the bottom brood box and 2-inch shim with an entrance over that, then the top brood box.
- Above that I added another queen excluder and a medium honey super.
The shimmed entrance was to give the drones an escape and also allow foragers easier access to the honey super.
