I am running a couple of hives this year with 3-deep broodnests (the 'unlimited broodnest'). I have a couple of questions for folks here who've reported good success with this set-up: 1. Do you place a queen excluder on top of your 3-deep stacks or is the queen free to move up into the supers? 2. Do you find, by chance, that bees are content just to occupy the 3 deeps and don't move up into the supers above the queen excluder? 3. Did you see an improved honey production? And how many [medium] supers do you put on? 4. Have you ever tried creating the main entrance above the queen excluder in the 3-deep set-up? Please also advise in what part of the country you keep bees. Thank you. Waldemar Long Island, NY ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************