I'm in my second year as well and I was tormented about making splits. I over complicated the matter considerably. I've now made about 10 this year and there's really nothing to it. As long as you have all the resources in each split they need, they will likely be okay. If the comb is dark brown it's hard for them to rework it, so your queen cells may not be as large as they could/should be, but you can notch the frame (look up OTS queen rearing) and they will make a good queen. I chose to pull a few frames from hives and start my splits in nucs. That kept me from having to rob as many bees and frames from the parent hive. I made my first splits early in the season, so they built up well during our fl
I'm going to make 4 or 5 splits today. Our flow is over, so I will have to feed them, but I want to try it and I'm gonna give it a shot.
I'm going to make 4 or 5 splits today. Our flow is over, so I will have to feed them, but I want to try it and I'm gonna give it a shot.