need help with split

[binglis]

Hello All,
I have split a hive, about 5 days ago, because of overcrowding.
The new hive has 5 frames of brood, and I screened the entrances to prevent the new hive just returning to the original hive. They are both in the same yard.
Should I just remove the screening, and each hive will "know" they are seperate hives, or is there something else I should do. The second hive does not have a queen. I was advised the hive would produce a queen, as I was unable to buy one, during the split...
All help is appreciated...
binglis

[KONASDAD]

No need to screen. Place the hive w/ queen in original spot, move queenless hive away from original. Thats all.. They need egges less then 72hrs old to make a queen.

[Michael Bush]

http://www.bushfarms.com/beessplits.htm#accountfordrift

You can account for drift by either shaking more bees in, evening out the drift (moving both the parent and the child) or moving it 2 miles away.  Confining will help force reorientation, but it takes 72 hours to really get them to reorient.

[pdmattox]

I would remove the screen and place the split where the original hive was.

[Sean Kelly]

Or just put the split right next to the original hive and shuffle them around in the evening for a couple days.  It's what I do and works great.  I even let them make their own queens.  The heck with buying one for $10 that could just die in the mail.

Sean Kelly

[binglis]

Thank you...
The split is right next door to the original hive...
I will remove the screening, and hope all is well...

[Michael Bush]

Some will drift, but the stress of keeping them confined is pretty tough.