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Six months ago, I did my first solo native bee hive split.  The thing that dawned on me was that hive placement was really important.  The weakest hive needs to be where the original (now split) used to be placed.  That way, the foragers return to the new weak hive (bottom only).  I now have two hives.  I recently split a hive that was swarming.  Yep - in mid-winter.  By bee wisdom, it was a mist…