Fall splits

[Stone]

BBees,

A few weeks ago I was posting that I thought some of my hives didn't have enough stores to get through winter.  I combined the three I was most worried about.  All of my colonies have been doing so much better and this flow has been amazing!  This is only my third year at this but I had to add mediums so fast, I didn't even have time to put a coat of linseed oil on them!

I'm seeing that it would be much wiser to wait until spring, ascertain the condition of the colonies and do splits then. As caticind said, "Remember that you might split a hive of a given size in spring, because you can count on more flows and more time to rear brood.  Those conditions don't apply in the fall."

[SerenaSYH]

Nothing of value to say, just lurking :bee:! but one of my favorite threads here!  So fun to read and everything is easy for a non-beekeeper to learn from  :rainbowflower:

This thread is packed with yummy knowledge to gather!