On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Tim Townsend <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I also agree that one must be careful on saying how many broods to run. In
> the northern US and Canada it is very advantageous to run with two or even
> three standard broods. But it's not only weather but stock that decides that
>

I concur totally with Tim.
Run double brood and sometimes end up with some queenless
for the many reasons explaining that part
so they get joined as number 3.
What I do though as part of fall management in all three Russian hybrid
yards is go through every single hive just after
the last box of honey comes off and BEFORE extraction reallocate honey back
to those
that need it so the hive is supplied for the winter.  Works every time.
I'm not greedy as some, bees come first then me even though honey is money
but this way I don't worry, spend money on syrup, fight the weather along
with the bees
fighting the weather.

There are as many management techniques as there are beekeepers and that's
quite evident
in all the threads up to now.  No one's right and No one is wrong. Well not
much anyways.

Walter
littlewolfapiaries.com

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