Sometimes the beehaving gods smile down on you. Today was one of those days. The outyard hive has finally gained enough population that I don't feel like complete crap for splitting them. The queen and half the resources were placed on a new stand right next to the old stand. One thing I did try to do was give the queenright half some empty comb so she has somewhere to lay and give the queenless half most of the eggs and young larvae. At very least, the queenright half will need another deep when it comes in, but I've ordered enough for all of them to have double deeps.
So, the tally is as follows: There are now two outyard hives, both in a single deep box. The backyard has one nuc, one single deep that will be a nuc, two single deep hives, and a double deep hive. Once all of the new equipment comes in and gets painted, I'll figure out how to name them to keep them straight.
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