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Lloyd Spear Owner, Ross Rounds(tm).  The finest in comb honey production.
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Lloyd Spear [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, March 30, 1999 6:45 PM
To:     Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues
Subject:        Shallows and mediums as brood boxes

Linda asks "I have been using 3 medium supers
to get the bees through the winter & it worked fine.  Can I use all shallows
instead?  (For brood & honey)  How many would I need for brood chambers?
Will this even work?  I don't want to give up my bees.  Linda"

Someone (George Irmie?) just reported that he gave up on using shallows as
brood nests.  However, I don't know if he was referring to 4 3/4" shallows
or 5 3/4".  I know beekeepers who use three 5 3/4" shallows for brood with a
great deal of success.

Have you tried those?

Alternatively, have you tried using a deep (9 1/8") on top of a 5 3/4" or a
6 5/8" (usually called a medium) as a brood nest?  You certainly would not
want to lift the deep, but this is the system I use and I never routinely
lift the deep.  I do occasionally tip it forward to look at the bottom of
the frames, but that takes no strength or strain.  On top of this setup you
could be very successful using the 4 3/4" shallows for surplus.
(Alternatively, you could use the 4 1/2" supers and produce Ross Rounds(tm).
These supers only have about 19 pounds of honey and wax when filled.) :)

Lloyd
Lloyd Spear Owner, Ross Rounds(tm).  The finest in comb honey production.
http://www.rossrounds.com