When a colony is ready, how often, and caring for the split.
When a colony is too weak to survive alone, merging saves what is left. Done wrong, the two fight and both are lost.
You do not need to see the queen to know she is there. Three indirect signs more reliable than searching the nest.
Selling colonies usually pays better than selling honey. What the growth rate really looks like, and what you owe the buyer.
Colonies rarely leave suddenly. They signal for days beforehand, and most causes trace back to the keeper.
Dividing the brood, making sure the daughter has a queen cell, and handling the first seven days. No special equipment needed.
Split at the right moment and you get two strong colonies. Split too early and you damage both.
A single-origin stingless bee honey from our own apiary in Trang Bang, Tay Ninh. Harvested and bottled by batch, traceable to the colony.