Went back to officer Ed’s property and made another more complete split (009). I took the queen with this second split and a huge number of bees. I started the colony with 2 frames of old honey frames and 3 frames of empty polished brood frame. The the original colony was checked to make sure there are plenty of frames with eggs and larva of the correct age. This should stop the original colony from swarming any time soon. The queen was caged and will be released tomorrow.
