Started with 2, 8 frame medium hives each in 2.5 boxes. Ended up with 5 hives total. Put at least one capped queen cell, 2 frames of brood, and one frame of honey and pollen into the 3 splits. In the original hives, I moved half of the frames into the top box and added empty frames in their place. I didn't disturb the half drawn bottom box. A thunder storm had just passed through, and it was already starting to get dark.