In message <[log in to unmask]>, Computer Software Solutions Ltd <[log in to unmask]> writes >Ok you now have the need to lift the child colony each time you wish to do >anything to the parent colony. Placing a new super on the parent colony >would presumably cause some stress to the child colony because the position >of their entrance has been changed. I doubt it. I have seen bees go straight into the entrance now higher relative to the ground. I presume this is because they have oriented to the shape of the top part of the hive. Unless a super is placed above the child colony the relative position is unchanged and only a few inches higher anyway. -- James Kilty