I combined a hive in mid-Sept by placing the weak hive bottom brood box on the strong hive's top brood box separated by paper. The weak hive had a good supply of honey and was accepted by the stong hive. The top brood box of the weak hive was basically put into the freezer as all frames had good stores. The question I have is do I leave the three brood box situation alone until spring or should I be removing the third brood box at some point in time. The weak hive had no queen. Ivan in South Central Kansas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp