Walk away split

[mattP]

I have a hive that has both hive bodies full of bees.  I was going to make a walk away split.  Can I leave it in the same yard or will I get a lot of drift back to the old hive?

[annette]

Read this for more info
http://www.bushfarms.com/beessplits.htm

[doak]

I make sure I have a frame of eggs/young brood in both.
Unless you find the queen and isolate her for a few minutes, other wise, you never know where she is
Shake off a few extra bees and give an extra frame of Capped brood.
I do a walk-away  almost every year. :)doak

[Michael Bush]

>Can I leave it in the same yard

Yes.

> or will I get a lot of drift back to the old hive?

Yes.  Shake extra bees in to make up for it.