Split Season - Building A Bee Business #111

Split Season - Building A Bee Business #111 We're deep into split season! Grafting queen cells, setting up strong cell builders, and pulling splits from colonies showing early swarm signs to maximize both nuc production and honey potential. In this episode: • Checking grafted cells (day 3) and evaluating take rates • Queenless vs queenright finisher methods for cell builders • Setting up new cell builders from strong colonies • Pulling nucs/splits from hives on the verge of swarming • Resource management: brood, honey supers, and drawn comb • Early flow observations and swarm mitigation strategies A big day of propagation and colony management as spring buildup accelerates. 🐝 Duck River Honey - Duck River, TN Timestamps: 00:00 - Checking first grafted cells (day 3) 02:30 - Queenless vs queenright finisher discussion 05:00 - Finding strong colonies for new cell builders 07:40 - Splitting hives & pulling nucs 10:30 - Swarm prevention & resource reallocation 12:00 - Flow observations & planning #Beekeeping #QueenGrafting #CellBuilders #Splits #NucMaking #SwarmPrevention #TennesseeBees #BuildingABeeBusiness