I am not a fan of 8-frame equipment in my area (upstate NY).  16 frames
seem too few for a winter configuration, so I run 3 deep for 24 winter
frames.  Stacking the requisite supers above that quickly makes a
skyscraper hive and I am not fond of working a hive from a step ladder.  It
also seems to me that the bees get swarmy faster in 8-frame equipment.
Mind you, this is based on a comparison of one 8-frame hive that I won 2
bee-seasons ago as a door-prize in an operation of 150+- 10-frame hives.
Not a fan, but YMMV.

Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!

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