Splitting June 3 question
I am splitting two strong hives tomorrow with purchased queens from beeweaver. I am running a two deep hive body and will find the queen and remove a box and set next to the mother hive. Do I need to add another hive body at the time of splitting or wait? Also all I have is plasticell foundation and/or foundationless frames to put in the new hive body so will I need to feed these splits so they can build comb in the new hive body? I will pull a couple of frames up to help them get the comb straight but I will not break up the brood nest. Can I put the new hive body on bottom or does it have to go on top? Thanks for all the help and wish me luck, this is my first split and dont want to screw it up!!
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