cut down split

Hello all, I am new to beekeeping and have been doing a lot of research on hive management, swarm prevention, and honey production. I recently read an article about doing a cut down split. Basically you have a really strong hive, or two hives sitting right next to each other. 2 weeks before...

I have just read about this management approach on another thread here in BeeSource, and have looked on line and found very little about this technique--a page on Michael Bush's website and another page on Honey Bee Suite--but it seems as though there's considerable experience with this...