Walk Away Splits & How I Do Them

Walk Away Splits & How I Do Them is a beekeeping video explaining my technique on walk away splits. For a beginner that hasn't started grafting yet, a walk Away Split is a great way of making you some queens.

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2 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 5"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4  x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......

5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4  x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........

Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides.    3 1/2" x 20"
Ends.     3 1/2" x 12"......

All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...

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2 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 5"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4  x 19 3/4"
Front 3 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 3 1/2" x 9 1/2.......

5 frame nuc measurments.
Bottom board is 9"x 21"
Sides 10 1/4  x 19 3/4"
Front 7 1/2" x 8 3/4"
Back 7 1/2" x 9 1/2.........

Top feeder box
Bottom 10 1/2" x 20"
Sides.    3 1/2" x 20"
Ends.     3 1/2" x 12"......

All of these measurements are based on assembling with 3/4" material such as Advantech...

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[MrSnapperd]

I have worked bees for 40 years and I had an expert beekeeper with just a very few years of experience and a few backyard hives try to tell me that foragers will not revert back to taking care of brood and doing nursing.Well to prove a point take your queen and cage her so she cant fly off.Remove your box and put another one in it place with a comb of honey and empty brood frames.Let all the foragers return and the next day release your queen.Check back in 4 days and see who is taking care of the brood and eggs she laid in those 4 days.Foragers will be reverted back and caring for them!!! You are definitely right Dave!!!!

[stevesoutdoorworld]

Here in Central Florida i make up 5 frame nuc's (walk a way)using 1 frame pollen and honey - 2 frames of sealed brood with bees.One of them frames i have very few eggs.I then drop in 2 plain frames.I do this on my last splits of the year in September 15 + or - on the new moon.If the bloom has not started good yet i feed them for the first 10 days.I run 80% making good Queens.September 15 +or - is when our Brazilian pepper crop starts and it can make you 100lb per hive if a storm does not blow you off the map.Good luck with yer bees!

[mikeygeneral]

These two frame nuc never get old Love every video where you talk about them. They're the best !!.

[beescheeseandwineplease]

Great advice. I had a very poor <50% on my splits this year. The reason was exactly like you said, I moved the nuc to a new area and then found there were almost no bees in the colony a week later. I hypothesized that the workers returned to the original hive, but now I know I was right after watching this video. I’m doing splits like this from now on. 👍🏻

[soundgroundermusic]

A fascinating insight every time. Best wishes from the North West Coast of England.

[julieenslow]

Always a pleasure to watch you David. Hope you are getting some rain - you had a dry summer - if i remember correctly? OK now I am not sure!! LOL - your time will come!

[rustyaalberg]

Thanks David, that answered several questions I had about splits.

[skorrchafer]

Dave I'm late to comment. Thank you for this updated video. It answered my questions that I had asked Jennifer the week prior to this video. For sure she passed my message on to you. Based on the comments below more than a few had similar questions pertaining to walk-away-splits. Can't wait for spring to give it a try, again. Thanks. Robert

[georgegarcia]

Thanks for the excellent comment on forgers reverting to nurse bees … knowing that helps deal with hot hives … move the hot hive and put something in its place, like you did … gentler genetics.

[kentcostello]

I'm going to try this next spring on my hives . So I can get more bees

[BlanchardsBees]

Great video! I did my first split last month and it's booming.

[ponolovefarms]

Just did a split today out here in southern Oregon, will probably grab a queen off Craigslist though. The bees are bringing in the star thistle nectar right now and there’s a bunch of it.

[dedomv]

Thank you for the tip. I will be following your method. I was wondering how this is done. Thanks again.

[markepping]

The 2 frame mateing nucs I make one frame with eggs and larvae and shake another frame of nurse bees 75% success in Wisconsin made last round in mid to late June

[DirkWingrove]

if there's a flow, do you need still need to feed the newly created 2 frame nuc?

[willyshelton]

How warm are we talking, when you say spring? I live in Alaska, just north of Anchorage. Temperature averages would help a lot! I get my bees in the last week of April. We don't usually have many drones till mid June. We harvest honey the second week of August. I have 5-8 hives so I know there's lots of drones by mid June but I'm not sure if that's too late to split. Thoughts? Thanks!

[trebor]

I have an opportunity to buy 2 deep supers with a honey super I live in Missouri is it too late?I know I won’t get any honey this year.

[PhillipHall]

Thanks David, What do you do to insure you have plenty of late season drones?

[barrybell]

Last spring I had a full box, they always swarm so I didn’t look. I just split in 3 boxes. Didn’t look for queen I guess I got lucky. It worked

[waughsathletics]

Is there certain tme frame to do a split im in ohio and its kinda dry at the moment