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0004223Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Farming/Farmer's Workshoppublic2011-03-14 17:062014-08-07 13:23
Korva 
Toady One 
normalminoralways
resolvedfixed 
0.31.21 
0.40.07 
0004223: Dwarves don't "split" bee hives, only use wild ones
Aside from the other issues with installing a new colony in a hive, I also noticed that my dwarves never seem to split an existing colony for installation in a new hive. The hives are set to forbid gathering their products and show as ready to be split. When I place a new hive or gather products from an existing one, though, the dwarf will invariably run off to find a "wild" colony to use. My "domestic" ones are never used for this, even if there is no way to path to a "wild" colony.
1. Have a mature bee hive that shows as ready to be split.
2. Place a new hive or gather the products from a second existing one.
3. Optionally: block the beekeepers' path out of the fort, they'll just stand there spamming job cancellations instead of using the perfectly fine mature hive to (re)populate the second one.
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related to 0003981resolved Toady One Having multiple active beekeepers causes dwarves with "Installing Colony in Hive" Job to become stuck 
Issue History
2011-03-14 17:06KorvaNew Issue
2011-03-15 05:01InfiltratorIssue Monitored: Infiltrator
2011-03-16 10:54wierdwNote Added: 0016300
2011-03-16 10:56FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0003981
2011-03-25 14:08DawideIssue Monitored: Dawide
2014-08-07 13:23Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2014-08-07 13:23Toady OneFixed in Version => Next Version
2014-08-07 13:23Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2014-08-07 13:23Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One

Notes
(0016300)
wierdw   
2011-03-16 10:54   
I believe that this is related to the beekeeper stands in the middle of nowhere bug.

To temporarily resolve, deconstruct any bee-less hives, then reconstruct them.