Steve Pearce has reminded me to ask a question:
 
I am curious....
 
Are most beekeepers still working with 2 brood chambers or is there a move
to use single brood chamber to beat the mite?
 
Paul Cronshaw DC
Santa Barbara CA USA
 
 > From: Steve Pearce <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: queen excluders
> Date: Friday, May 16, 1997 6:05 AM
>
> Hi Charles
>
> I have used  excluders and no excluders, and find that the queen does not
like to lay eggs in honey
> supers which have already been drawn very deep by the use of wide frame
spacing in a previous years
 
> Steve
 
Hi all
 
I use single brood chambers and must use Queen excluders.  I have tried
using deep combs but the queen simply lays drone eggs in them and the bees
happily raise them.  I get 3 or 4 supers of honey off single brood chamber
colonies in a very short season so I don't believe anyone can convince me
that excluders are bad.
 
Frank & Phronsie Humphrey
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