Friends,
I would like to switch to three-shallows (total height,
17-1/2 inches) versus two deeps (total height, 19-1/2 inches)
as brood chambers year round because, at age 70, I find the
weights of the deeps to heavy to maneuver, especially when
reversing, as I should be doing right now.
 
I would like to hear from anybody out there who has actually
done this, the pros and cons, if any.
 
I would still collect the surplus honey in shallows or mediums.
FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A REPEAT (Alzheimer's?, giggle).
 
PS Am already profiting from the advice of Bart Smith, the Md.
state bee inspector. Thanks again, Bart.
 
**John Iannuzzi, Ph.D.
**38 years in apiculture
**12 hives of Italian honeybees
**At Historic Ellicott City, Maryland, 21042, U.S.A. (10 miles west of
   Baltimore, Maryland) [9772 Old Annapolis Rd - 410 730 5279]
**"Forsooth there is some good in evil things
   For bees extract sweetness from the weed" -- Bard of Avon
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