So please allow me to ask the question again more specifically. Do colonies in the North ever grow to the point that you couldn't squeeze all the bees into 3 deeps? They do here if allowed to. Not super common, but not super rare either. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html