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Beekeeping in Northern Climates <br />Dividing <br />7KHJRDORIGLYLGLQJLVWRUHGXFHWKHOLNHOLKRRGRIVZDUPLQJ'LYLGLQJFRORQLHVZLOOHQKDQFH\RXUEHHNHHSLQJ <br />VNLOOV,WLVQRWDVLPSOHSURFHVVVRPDNHVXUH\RXKDYHSOHQW\RIWLPH0DNHDSODQRUJDQL]H\RXUVHOIDQGWKH <br />equipment you will need, and move slowly. <br />7KHIROORZLQJVWHSVZLOOKHOS\RXORFDWHWKHOD\LQJTXHHQZKLFKRIWHQFDQEHGLI¿FXOWHYHQIRUWKHPRVW <br />H[SHULHQFHGEHHNHHSHUV)RUDSLFWRULDOGLDJUDPRIGLYLGLQJVHH)LJXUH <br />ƔAt least 4 days SULRU to the expected arrival of your queen, the brood should be divided into two <br />DSSUR[LPDWHO\HTXDOSRUWLRQV+DOIRIWKHIUDPHVFRQWDLQLQJEURRG IUDPHV VKRXOGEHLQWKHWRS <br />KLYHERG\DQGWKHRWKHUKDOI IUDPHV VKRXOGEHLQWKHPLGGOHKLYHERG\7KHRXWHUIUDPHVVKRXOG <br />FRQWDLQHTXDOL]HGDPRXQWVRIIRRG,I\RXKDYHPRUHWKDQIUDPHVRIEURRGWKHUHPDLQGHUVKRXOGJR <br />in the bottom hive body. <br />Ɣ 6WDFNWKHER[HVLQWKHIROORZLQJRUGHUSODFHWKHER[ZLWKWKHOHDVWEURRGLQWKHERWWRPSRVLWLRQDGG <br />RQHRIWKHER[HVZLWKIUDPHVRIEURRGLQWKHPLGGOHSRVLWLRQSODFHDTXHHQH[FOXGHURQWRSRIWKH <br />PLGGOHER[WKHQSODFHWKHRWKHUER[ZLWKIUDPHVRIEURRGRQWRSRIWKHTXHHQH[FOXGHULQWKHWRS <br />position. The queen excluder will isolate the queen in one of these two brood units. <br />Ɣ )RXUGD\VODWHULQVSHFWWKHKLYHERGLHVWR¿QGHJJVThe section that contains eggs will also <br />contain the queen,IHJJVDUHIRXQGLQWKHKLYHERG\DERYHWKHH[FOXGHU\RXNQRZWKHTXHHQLVLQ <br />the top box. If eggs are found in a box below the excluder, then the queen is the bottom two boxes. The <br />ER[ZLWKEURRGWKDWGRHVQRWKDYHHJJVZLOOEHXVHGWRPDNHWKHGLYLGHDQGUHFHLYHDQHZTXHHQ <br />ƔPlace the box that contains about half of the brood but noHJJV DQGQRTXHHQ RQWKHERWWRPERDUGDW <br />a new location within the apiary. This colony is called the “divide.” <br />Ɣ 7KHXQLWWKDWFRQWDLQVWKHTXHHQ DVLQGLFDWHGE\WKHSUHVHQFHRIHJJV DQGWKHRWKHUKDOIRIWKH <br />brood remains on the original hive stand. Put the box with brood in the bottom position and place the <br />UHPDLQLQJGHHSER[ZLWKQRRUOLWWOHEURRGRQWRS WKLVPRVWO\HPSW\ER[ZLOOEHWKHLUURRPWRJURZ 7KLV <br />colony is called the “parent.” <br />/HWWKHGLYLGHVLWTXHHQOHVVIRUKRXUVEHIRUHDGGLQJDFDJHGQHZTXHHQXVLQJWKH³VORZUHOHDVHPHWKRG´ <br />as described next.