Ken Black wrote >I am using two types of minis, the polystyrene type and a modified super >box(a friend makes them), which comprises 5 super frames. We have designed >another(currently being put together) which divides the super into four and >uses half size super frames in each with a separate entrance. Anyone tried >this method? We use an independant mini-nuc, which seems to work. Our way,provided you seperate them well, you don't get the cross-over of bees between the different entrances. The biggest problem is getting the foundation drawn out!! What we do now is to put them into a full sized hive to be drawn and filled. **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. * * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * * Agents for: E H Thorne & B J Sherriff UK. * ****************************************************