Splits will be made from mother colony WildCA18A. The goal is to create several new colonies from my least aggressive, most productive and most hygienic colony. Also I would like to requeen the Wild17 colony which has become far too aggressive for my tastes.
Several capped brood frames and nectar pollen frames were taken from both the WildCA18A colony and the Wild17 colony. Two frames of larva were taken from WildCA18A mother colony and put into each of the splits.
Both splits were taken to the campus approximately 12 miles away to start new colonies.