Top bar split question

[MIKI]

Hey all,
If you take a bar of bees from one hive and a bar from another hive and a bar from a third and so and so forth, to make a split why do the bees not fight or kill eachother?

[Scot Mc Pherson]

Because they are too confused and disoriented. They loose the sense of colony long enough for the bees to get to know one another, even if only aquainted.

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[Michael Bush]

That usually works because of the confusion. Where a bar from each of two are more likely to fight but they may do ok too if you smoke them heavily.