Two hive split and combine

[MattDavey]

Has anyone done a two hive split and combine?

What did you do?

Do you think a two hive split and combine makes more honey than a cut down split?

Thanks
Matthew Davey

[JD's Bees]

Wouldn't that be the same as a two queen hive? I'm hoping to try something similar by splitting a hive three ways and combining to a three queen hive.

[Michael Bush]

>Do you think a two hive split and combine makes more honey than a cut down split?

You have twice as many bees. Yes they make more honey.

[MattDavey]

JD, the idea of the combine is to have very little brood, no queen (so that there is no new brood until a new virgin queen mates) and a very large number of foragers in the hive.

I'm thinking of putting a new hive inbetween two older hives. Then taking a few frames from each hive and combining them in the new hive (with no queen). Then moving the old hives at least several meters/yards away so that foragers return to the new hive.

Matthew Davey