This year I started out with 4 hives. I split them in May and ended with 8. I thought that with splitting that early I would be able to harvest honey in July. No luck there. I think my problem was I took frames from my strong hives and gave them to my weak hives to help them.
Next year I'm going to reverse my strategy. If a hive is weak I'll divide it between my strong hives. Only the strong survive is not only a song. Doing what I did cost me a honey harvest. I'm also going to use nucs as brood builders ala MP. It's also time to start raising queens instead of buying them.
I had a few hives at 3 different places. I've also centralized them so I can move frames between the hives.
Next year I'm going to reverse my strategy. If a hive is weak I'll divide it between my strong hives. Only the strong survive is not only a song. Doing what I did cost me a honey harvest. I'm also going to use nucs as brood builders ala MP. It's also time to start raising queens instead of buying them.
I had a few hives at 3 different places. I've also centralized them so I can move frames between the hives.