In message <[log in to unmask]>, Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]> writes >You could simply cut down deeps (possibly a way to salvage damaged ones) >but keeping two in one reduces the amount of special equipment needed. >The deep be made to have a removable divider, so the only really special >equipment would be the split inner cover. > >I can't say how well they work. I do plan to try it next year. They work well. A removable divider allows you to unite two if one queen fails to mate properly. The tricky bit (especially with 3 nucs in one box) is to get the bees into a full sized hive. It is easier if they are closed up and moved to a new site, opened up one at a time for the transfer and the remaining bees allowed to crawl up into the new hive before doing the next one. A double is easier on the mechanics and can be done at the same site. For the bees, one box with 2 entrances now becomes 2 boxes side by side so there is not too much of a change. -- James Kilty