This is an old bear damaged hive body. It took a hit from a bear long ago in Amherst. It hung around the apirary mostly as a place to store old frames and whatnot. After all my bees came through winter looking strong it became apparent I would need a lot of equipment come split season.
People have many strategies for preventing swarms and mine is to split the bees in a way that replicates a natural swarm but on my terms. It happens where and when I want and the bees wind up where I choose. It's a great technique but it also means that I need a lot of equipment, albeit temporarily, to house those bees. To that end I repaired this old hive body.
There's a lot of skills in beekeeping but a really basic one is planning. That's all this is, just planning. Have equipment before you need it. You can order a ready hive body to be at your apiary in a hour. You can read all the theory in the world, and even be a dab hand in the yard but without the resources you need in place when you need them it doesn't do any good.
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