? Have you discussed about the ideal dimension of the frames (depth wise)


This is a very old topic. Perhaps the original Dadant hive was ideal for bees, but it was not ideal for beekeepers. I was happiest keeping bees in all deeps, but my back no longer approves. Richard Taylor once wrote that all deeps are fine for anyone who has an unbreakable back, but for others, the shallow or medium supers are a boon.

Insofar as the bees go, they would live in a hollow log. The choice of frames matters little. Having lateral crawl spaces in the hive can only be an advantage in winter, when they have to move from empty comb to full. A lot depends on whether you live in an area where there is real winter or not.

Farrar recommended three deeps. One of the chief advantages of wintering in multiple stories is that in the spring you have extra supers available in the field. Around here, it is often very difficult to access the hives early in the spring, so one can simply reverse the boxes to provide needed space at the time when it is needed. 

PLB

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