Is it too early to start making splits in mid central Ohio?
Are you seeing drones? Are your hives strong enough? I don't know about Ohio but I've got about 15 nucs that I need to check to see if the queen has mated yet and laying. I had two of my hives come through winter very strong and were backfilling the brood nest. So I had to do something. That was 3 weeks ago. I may have a couple more hives that need attention this weekend.
Thank you cao. I made two splits from the 2 strong hives a few days ago.
You're welcome. Keep us posted on how it goes. I found queens in nine of ten nucs that I checked. I still have a few more to check this weekend.
My bees were 3 to 4 weeks ahead of where they were last year.
Same here, I am scrambling to catch up/keep up.. Did ten splits (that HAD TO BE DONE NOW) today but added purchased queens since the weather is a bit finicky and mating flights might be interrupted due to rain/wind etc... Need to do about 50 more splits, but hoping to wait until I can make my own queens.
The bees were certainly aware that this was going to be an early spring!