Splits are one of the coolest things in the beekeeping world and there are so many ways a beekeeper can accomplish this task. A viewer recently mentioned OTS splits and after learning more about the process I decided to try one. I thought I had a perfect candidate but once I got into the bees I decided I needed to do something else entirely different. The decision I made was a bit risky but I hope things work out well. I hope you find the video interesting. Would love to see your comments down below. Let me know what you would have done different. I have learned much over the years from my viewers. It's a wonderful time of year. We are on the verge of an amazing season I hope. Lots of fun things ahead!

How did these splits turn out? Here is the follow up video:    • 🤔I turned 1 Beehive into 4: DID IT WORK?  

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@brucesbees is a beekeeping channel, a vlog of sorts. Here we discuss apis mellifera, aka the honeybee. We give people a look into our sideliner beekeeping operation. We share successes and failures. We show how we feed bees and treat bees for pests, such as varroa mites, small hive beetles and others. I am not a treatment free beekeeper though at one time I thought I wanted to be. We also discus things that are important to us that I think apply to beginning beekeepers and more seasoned beekeepers alike. We also show the beekeeping techniques we use to manage the bees and harvest our honey and sell our honey. We talk about beekeeping equipment and tools. At times we also catch swarms of bees and have even done a few cutouts, though I usually leave that for the professionals. This is not Beekeeping 101, though hopefully the information here is useful. As my good friend @Mike Barry says, this is not a necessarily a "how to" channel. It's a "how I do" channel. I hope you will continue to join us as we continue to perform hive inspections, discuss important matters in the beekeeping world, meet other beekeepers, perform splits, grow our operation and just continue down the path of this wonderful beekeeping adventure. Let's GO!!!