Over the weekend, Jason, Colleen (Jason's mom) and Ted (beekeeping expert) split their hive in order to set up a secondary hive in another location.  Chris Wiggins witnessed the hive splitting and lived to tell the tale.  He wrote a great post over on his blog Beautiful Bokeh and also shared amazing photos he took on that day. 

Link to Beautiful Bokeh.  Link to photo gallery.

Update:  Jason wrote up a post over at Make: Blog about his hive splitting experience and provides information on how to start your own backyard beehive.  Link.