How to Split a Hive | Step-by-step tutorial from a Beekeeper [Beekeeping 201] - SPRING 2022
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- Spring is here, which means it's time to learn how to split a hive! This technique allows you to control the "swarm" and gives the flexibility needed for a successful hive split on YOUR time. In this step-by-step beekeeping tutorial we temporarily place the queen of a hive in a queen catcher (clip), and utilize resources from the current hive to start and supplement the split hive. John gives excellent advice for anyone attempting to split their hives this Spring. 2022 is your year for maximizing your bees' health and wellness.
You'll see us label certain videos as "Beekeeping 201", but that doesn't mean you have to be a professional apiarist to understand or follow the directions/advice. These are simply techniques that you may need a little extra knowledge, a certain tool, or some preparation to perform. Don't be intimidated, learn as much as possible and you can absolutely raise a healthy, vibrant hive of bees.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro/Title
0:24 Conditions check / Intro by John
1:06 Description of what we're about to do (great advice here)
7:15 Pistol, the local Honey Tester
7:23 Let's split this hive!
9:33 Searching for the Queen / creating space to work with
14:46 Catching the Queen using a Queen Clip
16:04 Utilizing resources from the hive
28:45 Buttoning up the split box
29:27 Releasing the Queen into the split box
30:30 Recap of what we just did
32:58 Now what do we do with the split box? (lots of tips here, stay tuned)
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I was given a very very old swarm trap that is full of bees. It doesn't have any frames in it and it's wide open. It was hand made. Very docile hive. I wonder if it's to late December 28th to try and get them in a hive box. Thank you for any help.
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Had to give up my bees 25 years ago, now I'm an old man. Your videos bring back a lot of good memories. Thank you.
So nice of you to tell me that.
It means a lot. Thank you
I am very surprised that you don’t have that many subscribers on your channel. You have one of the best quality videos editing and information out there. Thanks for your time and knowledge sharing. 🙏🏽👍🏼
Wow, thank you! We are still kindof new around here, so thank you for finding us! We appreciate you watching.
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Great channel, excellent tutor. Subbed; greetings from South Africa
He's got another one today! Awesome videos!!
Well, the intro music is really annoying. But the rest is good. I almost navigate away when loud music that I have to turn down starts off. Then having to listen to music during intro narration is just agitating. Bob binnie doesn't need any of that.
I've made splits many different ways, but this year I've followed Central Beekeepers Supply's tutorial "How to Split a hive". After seeing Royal Jelly in a queen cup, I quickly caught the queen which was isolated in the Brood box per the "Pre-Split Inspection" video. I marked the frame (CBS) I took her from, and moved frames of brood, bread, food sources, and bee's exactly how John suggested. The split hive is 20 miles, from original location, and blowing up.. Capped Queen Cells were located on the marked frame, 9 days later, with plenty of brood and bees. This is an easy way to split and advert swarming. Whether you are a beginner or just tuning up before going into the field, these video's are like having a mentor with you. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
David, thank you for the extremely kind comment. We're thrilled to hear about your hives this year. Glad the method worked for you! We really appreciate you watching and commenting. Keep us updated on the progress of your hives, please!
Roll That Beautiful Bee Footage! that’s really a sign of a healthy colony and a healthy queen bee with all that brood seems like that’s what you wanna see!
Bee 🐝 keeping is a lot of work people think it’s just gathering honey 🍯 but
It’s so much more than that!
Nice to see how fellow beekeepers in other countries are working. Greetings from the Netherlands
We love talking to our international beekeeping friends! Thank you so much for checking in. How are the bees in the Netherlands today?
I'm a new bee keeper this is the best video on how to split a hive ,thank you.
Thanks for the compliment, Joey! We're glad to have you along on the journey. Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like to see a particular subject covered on video. Have a great week!
As a novice beekeeper 3 years in, this year I'm going to make a couple of splits from my five hives. This video has been so well presented and laid out it's been a pleasure to watch. Your level of calmness and ease in which you work is something I aspire to.
Thank you so much! We're happy to be of help. Let us know if you have any questions.
This guy is like this all the time. We are blessed to have him in our area.
Thank you so much, that was an amazing video. I'm just getting started with my research before I get my first hive and I will definitely be watching the rest of your videos l.
Best of luck! Give us a shout if you need any help!
Well this is probably the best video about splitting hives I’ve seen. Very good
We appreciate that, Chris. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for applying a common sense approach to splitting a hive. Leaving behind the frame that had the Queen on it was A Ha moment for me. That's the frame with the freshest eggs ready for the Workers to change it to another Queen.
My problem was I moved the entire frame with queen to the destination hive and the original hive failed. Then to add insult to injury, I moved a Brood Frame back into the failed hive which caused both hives to fail.
Thanks for opening my eyes.
Beekeeping is sometimes a trial-and-error job. I'm glad to hear that you're not giving up. Keep going!
I'm a new beekeeper looking at attempting my first split. I've watched many videos on this but your video has been by far the best. Thank you
You are welcome. #RTBBF
I am about to do my first split as well. A little nervous about finding the queen and I don't have a clip but I do have an old queen cage from a purchased queen years ago.
Best splitting video I have seen - well done sir!
Wow, thank you! That's a great compliment. We appreciate you watching, Thomas.
One of best hive split explanations I have heard, well done 👍🇭🇲🇭🇲
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. 🐝
Very Professional Presentation ! : >)
There are several reasons these video's are of such high quality. Professional filming, knowledge of the subject, and clear communication. Because John listens to our questions, all day everyday, he understands our needs. He methodically explains and demonstrates, step by step, when, what, & how too. John isn't trying to show us what he knows, he obviously wants us to succeed in our Beekeeping Journey.
Thanks, David. That's one of our favorite things about John. He explains things clearly, takes his time, is patient, and has a world of knowledge between his ears. We're extremely fortunate to have him!
Very well put ,and I do agree
And so are we
Thank you, i do the same as you do in the Netherlands. But we have frames with longer ears take 1 ear in my fist and clap on it al the bees fall in the box and then i put that empty frame back.
really well done video. I like his slow and smooth style. I like how he explains it first, then shows it. I also like that he covers stem to stern. So many other videos just skip over really important steps.
Much appreciated!
#RTBBF
Best split instructions on TH-cam! Great video.
Wow, thanks! We appreciate you watching.
Thank you for showing that split in such detail. Happy beekeeping.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
This is going to help us a lot because we will be 2 splits this week
Good luck! Let us know!
Enjoyed your presentation,very clear and understanding
Thanks Melvin! We appreciate you watching.
I'm not a beekeeper yet. I'll be looking for a new homestead in about a month. After finding my new property I would like to have bees. Your video is the best as far as showing & telling the needed information. I hope this will help me be successful. Thank you.
Congratulations on the homestead. That's a lot of work, but it is very rewarding! Let us know if you have any questions. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for an excellent video , very clear and concise instructions . We are much later than you are, here in Nova Scotia.
Glad it was helpful! We appreciate you watching. If you have questions as your season progresses, give us a shout!
Wonderful video!
Thank you very much!
Great instructional video. After losing all our bees several year ago, I decided to try again and ordered new bees for 2023. After watching this video, I will try to split the new hive in the future.
Best of luck! Let us know if you have any questions!
I have just recently found your Web site. I have used your frame building technique and box building technique with very good success. (I'm just not very handy with building things, but you make it look so easy). This hive splitting video was extremely helpful. Our season is just now beginning and I want to be prepared for making splits. I will rewatch this video because you information is very informative.
I appreciate the kind words, and wish you the very best.
#RTBBF
At 75 I am not a bee keeper and never will be. But after watching some of your well explained I would not have to many problems starting . I am in the UK and we need many more bees.
It takes a lot of patience and time, but it's well worth it. For the bees, the beekeeper, and the environment!
Hello@Alcoopop100, Never say Never! I am 65 and my husband is 73 and we just became new bee keepers! Got our first package 6 days ago. Please tell me we are Not insane! LOL
You not only tell HOW to split but all the important reasons WHY and the RESULTS. Thanks. I will be trying this this week in Missouri.
Glad to hear it. Let us know how it turns out! Best of luck!
Evening reader. I am planning my split within the next few days. I will keep you posted. Thanks for your willingness
to help, Cobus🐋
Please let us know how it goes! Best of luck!
Outstanding videos, thank you.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing your insight and incredible detail while performing a split. I look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you Richard, hope you give it a try!
We appreciate you tuning in.
I really apprecite your videos , it has help me so much in our apiary. Great tips!
So nice of you! Thanks for making us a part of your beekeeping journey. We appreciate you!
I’m a first time bee keeper. Very much enjoyed the video thank you for your time… not to that point yet but getting as much knowledge as possible. Great video Jason I’m surprised you only got zapped 1 time…. They were very non aggressive this morning - I like it way too…. Slow moving and just a little smoke…. Thanks again Middle Tennessee area
We appreciate you watching, Terry!
Excellent video. Educationally well put together and I say this as a teacher. I learned new things and I will be back for more.
Glad it was helpful, Steven! Thanks for the comment, sir!
top job! cant believe how calm your bees are
Sometimes I can't believe it myself. Years of cultivation. And perhaps a bit of luck.
His.bees.have.trained.him.on.how.they.like.to.be.treated.and.he.has.taken.it.to.heart...
Wow! Great video! Thank you for being so thorough!
Glad you enjoyed it! We appreciate you watching!
Thanks for your patience in explaining
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
As a first year beekeeper, this is much appreciated. Thank you for your time and effort in posting.
So nice of you! Thanks for watching. If you ever have questions, you know where to find us. :-)
Thx for taking the time and effort to make this video
Glad it was helpful!
I have watched this several times and learned something new every time 😊
Makes me happy to hear that, and I hope you have great success with it at your yard.
#RTBBF !
You can use an old-school metal thumbtack as alternative to marking the keeper frame with a sharpie. This way you can take off the tack after the split is established. I’d imagine otherwise after a while you might have a bunch of random pen marks.
Excellent advice! Thank you for sharing that! 🐝
I note that you have really docile bees - nice to see.
We've been very fortunate with their temperament over the years.
For a new beekeeper it is good to see that you are using full size hive to make split raven than nuck as most people. I have 5 spare hives and was going to buy some nicks but now I know this doesn't matter and can use my spair hives.
It all comes down to ease of use for the beekeeper. Do what YOU feel is right for you. The bees will adjust and carry on. Thanks for the comment! We appreciate you.
Fantastic video, thank you. I'll watch it again the day before i do my split in March or April.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for a great video. Content is clear and as a new beekeeper of 2 months it gave clear information to help me better understand how to split a hive.👍
Glad it was helpful. Let us know if you have any questions!
Outstanding presentation sir!! I'm new to beekeeping and have been watching numerous videos, trying to gather all of the info that I can find!! With that being said I have retained more knowledge from one of your videos than I have over the last several weeks!! Thank you!!
Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate you watching.
How to divide the bee swarm is very useful! Great video!
We appreciate that. Thanks for visiting!
This was a wonderfully informative video! Your step-by-step explanation of how to do a split was will be so helpful come this spring. As a first-year beekeeper (fingers crossed all my girls make it through this winter) I will be trying my hand at splitting my hives. I do run horizontal hives, but from everything I have read the process is similar. Your video is one I am saving to rewatch as the time for splitting draws near. Thanks again for all the great information, you now have a new subscriber here in SW Missouri! Hope your ladies made it through the Polar Vortex and will be providing you with new splits of your own this spring. Stay warm and blessing on your and yours!
Thank you so much for the kind comment. We wish you the best of luck with splitting your hives. If you need any advice, give us a shout! Happy Beekeeping! 🐝
Awesome explanation..i didn't know about the twig resetting method..now i know.👍👍
Happy to help. Thanks so much for watching.
What a fantastically clear video! I almost gave up when you were talking for what seemed to be ages at the beginning but then you got right into it and I was hooked! So glad I continued watching. This has reinforced what I understood from one of my beekeeping books. Thank you! Uk
Wet glad you stayed with us.
Sorry very glad.
You Grade 10 Stars As An Instructor ! Luv Your Videos ! : >)
Love your channel was beekeeper in mo. Years ago now am relearning in robertsdale al now got better understanding of splits and overall care from your channel will be buying from you just from your care and attitudes
Thanks it was a great video for those who have never completed a split and gives those who have a new way.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Wayne!
A very interesting item and thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm also very impressed with the smooth and gentle way you handle the bees.
Thank you! We appreciate you watching.
Appreciate this follow up video to the informative ’Pre-Inspection’ one. The two go together well! Thanks again.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching.
I got my Bee's last April 2020. I have watched a lot of videos prior to getting my Bee's, this video is one of the best videos I have seen by far about bees on TH-cam! It was very clear and easy to understand. I have subscribed and waiting for your next video thank you
Great to hear! We appreciate you watching, Randy. Let us know if we can ever be of service or answer questions.
@@CentralBeekeepersSupply Thank you
Cool. I'm not a bee keeper but I think watching and learning about them kinda neat. 👍🏼
Thanks for the detailed explanation. This was very easy to understand and comprehend. We’re amateur beekeepers trying to develop more skills. This was a really great help! Sincerely, River Smith and family.
Glad it was helpful River, keep rolling that beautiful bee footage!
We appreciate it.
Came across your video today as we just purchased out kit for beginners yesterday as hubs found a hive in a fallen tree & we want to save them. Very well done on the presentation, great information. You can count on us Tulsans following to learn more. Thanks so much!
Great to hear from you, Karla! Good luck on your new hive. Give us a shout if you have any questions!
Spent the start of the new year watching this with my 13 year old daughter, while a muted celebration goes on outside. She wants us to start beekeeping in 2022. Great video for learning
We sure are delighted that you spent the turn of the new year with us. Please tell your daughter that we're so happy she wants to start keeping bees. They are so important for the livelihood of all living things. We need more young people to take on the cause of the honeybee. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. So well explained! Calm, organised and beautiful calm bees.
Thanks David! We've been truly blessed with a calm bee yard. We've had some angry boxes in the past, and that's no fun. Thanks for watching!
Really enjoy your teaching. You take some of the anxiety of a new bee keeper away through your thorough presentation. Have you ever done a split from a horizontal hive? I would very much like to see a demonstration of how to split from a horizontal hive. Keep up the good work.
Well my friend, I should have. But they beat me to it yesterday while I was gone. I did catch the swarm and have a plan you will see in the next long hive video. Stay tuned and we'll #RTBBF!
Nice video. Brand new to bee keeping. I really want to do this spring 2023
Good luck! Thanks for watching! Give us a shout if you have any questions.
Another great video. I love that your intro and music is spots is soft and not blaring. The dialog is very clear and easy to understand. The camera work is perfect and the cameraman knows when to move in closer and when to get the wider view. This is one of the best beekeeping how-to videos out there! The only thing I might try differently is the OTS queen rearing method so I can harvest some queen cells into queen mating nucs as extra insurance.
Thanks Doug! We work hard to make sure we publish the best bee content that we're able to produce. Thank you so much for watching.
Very clear and understood on making a split. You can't make any better than that. ❤🐝🐝🐝👍
I appreciate that! Thanks for the comment, Michael!
Good Morning sir
Great videos , i appreciate it
I grow up with bees my grandfather had 50 hives and i just started with 2 here in Texas . Looking forward to watched more of your videos . Thank You
That is awesome!
Thank you from Flinders Australia for your wonderful detailed explanations, great humour and excellent camera work showing how to split a hive, plus the tips on the feeder insert and location options for drift. Really like how you explain why you do things a certain way as well as the steps. We are in the depths of winter here on the south coast - so learning all I can to prepare for Spring and the best way to look after my beautiful bees - you being 6 months ahead of us!! Love the concept of getting the jump on the queen by duplicating a natural swarm and helping her along the way into her new house. Much more appealing than the alternative of chasing my queen down the road to try to catch her when she absconds to who knows where!! Quite excited to try it if/when my hive builds up enough and all indicators show it is ready. A really informative and enjoyable video. Warm regards, Esther
Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment, Esther. We love hearing from beekeepers all over the world. It's one of the best things about starting this channel. Please keep us updated once in a while about how your bees are doing. Have a great day!
EXECELLENT THOROUGH VIDEO, THANK YOU.
You are welcome! Thanks for watching.
This is a well-produced educational video packed with practical advice from an experienced beekeeper. I am a novice beekeeper in South Africa but I'm sure most of the advice will work for me as well. What I noticed was the extreme gentleness of the way the frames were handled and that is essential to prevent the bees from attacking, something I've experienced a few times. Thanks for pulling back the curtain on how you do a hive split.
Thank you very much for your compliments! We appreciate that. We find that the bees respond to kindness with kindness. We've raised several generations of these bees and throughout that time they've grown used to our touch. We love it. Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for making the video. You did a great job of making it clear, and continuous. I appreciate the work you put in.
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.
Excellent video, well filmed and narrated. Thanks for taking the time to disseminate the info that you do. Much appreciated.
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching, Ted. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge
This is such a great video. Excellent detail and love the effort to split out into chapters! Great work.
Thanks a bunch! Glad it was helpful.
I've been beekeeping for 6 years now, but I love watching other beekeepers and how they do stuff. I'm going to try splitting one of my hives using this video as my guide. Great Job!
You can do it! Thanks so much for the comment!
I came back again this year to review! Thank you, again!❤️ I started my first horizontal Langstroth last year. Your videos taught me so much! Keep up your great tutorials. I'll share and help your channel where I can. Blessings on you and your family.
So happy to see you again. Thanks for the comment. Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you John, as a new beekeeper this has been one of the best videos on the splitting process that I have seen and appreciate the time and effort, , I feel that I can do it when the time comes with confidence. Keep up the good work! Which of the after split options did you end up doing with the new colony? I look forward to seeing a follow up video.
Thanks for the comment, Robin! That means a lot. We ended up taking the splits to a different yard on the property. It's far enough away from the hives to give the bees plenty of chance to start anew. Good luck on your splits! Let us know how it goes.
Another Blue-ribbon explanation, great job covering the process from A-z, . I had a little trouble in the third grade but i understood every step of this split, thanks for sharing...........
Glad it helped! You and me both, haha!
Thanks John more great info! One of the things I enjoy most about these videos is you taking a high level of expertise and breaking it down so it is very easy to underatand. Look at those subscriptions come up!
We've been extremely blessed. It's thanks to people like you. Thanks for always being in our corner, Shane. ❤️
Thank you very much. If the girls pull through the winter I'll be making my first split this spring.
Very exciting! Good luck, and let us know how it turns out!
Such a great video!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!
Great video. Easy to listen to and understand. Keep these coming
Thank you for such a easy to follow explanation of this process and what you’re thinking about in planning and choosing what to move
Glad it was helpful!
As a beginner tending more towards intermediate keeper
Very well explained mate
What a great video. I like the way you talk through what you are doing and more importantly why you are doing it. This will be my third year beekeeping and I feel like I've been lucky so far. With your help I will improve my skills and get more of the luck out of my beekeeping and replace it with knowledge. Great job.
Awesome! Thank you, Rick. The longer you keep bees, the more intuitively you'll be able to care for their needs. We all depend a great deal on luck, even after many years in the bee yard. Keep doing your best, and eventually it'll seem like second nature. Thanks for watching!
I will try this method in a couple months. Thanks for the great info and you explain very well.😊
No problem! Thanks for watching.
Awesome, this is what i needed to get ready for spring . Thanks.
Good to hear, Jed. Let us know if you have any questions. Happy Beekeeping!
Thanks, John. Very timely and goes along with our conversation last week.
Very welcome. Thanks for watching. :-)
Very informative. As a new beekeeper, I found the posting very well done.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.
Very good presentation and easy to understand talking slow and plain
Thanks Gene. We appreciate the comment!
Thank you so much for teaching. I needed it.
Glad it was helpful!
Just started watching. Good information. I just ordered hive feeders like what your using. Got to be simpler than top feeding! Thanks.
Glad it was helpful, Dennis! We really appreciate you watching. Let us know if you have any questions. We love to help our fellow beekeepers and customers alike.
Truly pure gold! Thank you for sharing your valuable experience and knowledge. New subscriber!
Awesome, thank you! We appreciate you watching.
Thank you very much. Much appreciated
I rarely watch one video and immediately subscribe....I did this time!
We really appreciate that. Every subscriber is a friend of ours. Thanks so much for watching!
I'm so glad y'all now have a youtube channel as always I love gathering knowledge from y'all. I'm proud to have been blessed to have yall around for my beekeeping journey I guess iv been in it around 10 years now thanks to y'all for taking phone calls and answering crazy questions while I learned about bees. Keep up the good work and the good videos I'll bee here watching 🐝
It's an absolute pleasure, Michael. Thanks for joining us on the journey, and for being so awesome to talk with.
Great job. Very understandable and ready to follow.
Awesome, thank you! We appreciate you watching, Mary.
All of your videos are fabulous. So greatful to you for sharing your experience with us. Thanks so much
So nice of you.
Everything looked great you also went thru every step of this split very well. I think the system you have for doing your splits is very easy to do and understanding . Thanks for your info an time . 🐝👍🐝
Thank you, Kathy! Every keeper does things a little differently, so feel free to add your own flare. Let us know if you need anything! Thanks for watching.
Glad I found you! New beekeeper here.
We're glad you found us too! Thanks for watching!
I like your method of splitting. It makes sense!! 😁💕
Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching, Paula!
Great video. Well explained and very helpful. Thank you
You are welcome! Thanks for watching, Thomas.