I use mostly a medium and a deep for a brood nest.  This started
because of my emphasis on comb honey where the brood nest must be very
restricted to hope to produce more than one box of comb honey a hive.
(Gosh, I can remember in the 60's wondering if I could sell all the
comb honey I was producing.  I did, but that included large amounts
for Richard Taylor.  Today, I can't even begin to produce all I sell.)

A medium and a deep is will hold more than enough honey for
overwintering here in the cold Northeast.  I keep the deep on top to
facilitate making early splits, but I also rotate boxes for swarm
control.  I mostly do not move bees, so weight is not a major
consideration.

I have tried three deeps and it is wonderful for swarm control.  But a
whole lot of lumber, and worthless for comb honey production.

I have also tried two deeps with moving one deep elsewhere when it is
time to put on comb honey supers.  But it is a pain to find our which
deep contains the queen.  Someone told me to forget finding the queen
and just give each deep a cell.  I may try that.  Two deeps sure works
better than a deep and a medium for early spring swarm control.

Lloyd

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Lloyd Spear
Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacture of equipment for round comb honey sections,
Sundance Pollen Traps, and producer of Sundance custom labels.
Contact your dealer or www.RossRounds.com

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