Hello everybody;
My first few weeks as a member of the list have been very informative and very interesting - thank you all.
I live in the West Indies and am just getting started with bees.
My bees have filled a deep brood box; I am putting a second brood box on top of the first to increase the size of the hives.
Local beekeepers, all five of them, asked my why I was adding a second brood box and not supers to collect honey.  
My answer was the tried and true, "because everybody has a least two brood boxes."
So my question is, why does everybody, except these five local beekeepers, have two brood boxes before supering ?  Is it to help the bee colony through the winter?  More bees, more honey? In fact does everybody have two brood boxes before supering?
Your comments would be much appreciated.
Bob Farrington
Bequia, West Indies
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