>By restricting the bees to only a single deep, they quickly crowd the cavity,
and then for the rest of the season swarm again and again,
Hi Randy
This ignores the race of bee. A.m.m. lives happily in a single brood box. Double brood in a British National can lose you 50lbs of honey, perhaps more, that would have gone into the supers. OK, you do need to do a little more swarm control, but how difficult is that?
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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