Is this how single brood chamber method works? 

From what I understand the technique involves continually ‘under-supering’ meaning putting the empty super on the bottom of the stack.

If the brood nest goes to the top of the bottom box, and the nurse bees are continually preparing the cells in the empty super for laying, presumably they’re not feeling any space pressure and are not developing a swarm impulse.

I guess the preceding discussion would suggest that the nurse bees might actively clear honey directly above the brood nest if they found it, or at least try to maintain it.

I never understood HOW single brood chamber could work, but this makes sense. If I understand this correctly the key would be to make sure the brood nest is all the way to the top of the bottom box when you put the excluder on.

I just saw James’ response and it seems to support this line of thought.

David Harrod (he/him)
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> On Jan 27, 2023, at 10:48 AM, Randy Oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The nurse bees don't recognize the function of a queen excluder, and if
> there is brood up to the excluder, they will prepare a dome of cells above
> the excluder in preparation for the queen to lay in.


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