Am I right that splitting a strong hive in spring will not prevent them from making a honey crop and will help a lot with preventing swarms?
I had thought a split would really hurt a crop, but this spring my hive was what I think of as string and I didn't split and when I reversed later it didn't seem to stop anything. They swarmed.
Before the swarm stores began showing up in the nest area (as a poster remarked in another thread, I to am thinking this may be an early sign of a pending swarm.. kind of like a sign the hive is starting to consider the idea).
So should I split strong hives in the spring or just try to prevent swarms with reverses or any of the other methods?
Mike
I had thought a split would really hurt a crop, but this spring my hive was what I think of as string and I didn't split and when I reversed later it didn't seem to stop anything. They swarmed.
Before the swarm stores began showing up in the nest area (as a poster remarked in another thread, I to am thinking this may be an early sign of a pending swarm.. kind of like a sign the hive is starting to consider the idea).
So should I split strong hives in the spring or just try to prevent swarms with reverses or any of the other methods?
Mike