> Pete, does he have supportive data as to the effect of harvesting a super, or is he just guessing on that? 

He says even less about the yield than me. I was the one guessing at what the consequences of this management would be:

> House your bees in small hives. Consider using just one deep hive body for a broodnest and one medium-depth super over a queen excluder for honey. You won’t harvest as much honey, but you will likely have reduced disease and pest problems, particularly Varroa. And yes, your colonies will swarm, but swarming is natural and research shows that it promotes colony health by helping keep Varroa mite populations at safe levels ...

Tom Seeley. Darwinian Beekeeping: An Evolutionary Approach to Apiculture.  American Bee Journal, March 2017

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