Frank Wyatt described his feeding methods, and I have some questions:

1.  "continueal feeding will generate quanities of
newly drawn frames for replacement, new hives, or additional nucs"

APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FRAMES CAN YOU HAVE A NUC DRAW WITH THESE METHODS?

2.  "I use
top feeders that are kept full at all times."

ARE THESE HOMEMADE OR HAVE YOU FOUND A GOOD SOURCE FOR TOP FEEDERS TO FIT 5
FRAME NUCS?  ARE YOU PERHAPS USING STANDARD TOP FEEDERS OVER A DEEP THAT IS
DIVIDED TO HOLD TWO 5-FRAME NUCS?

3.  "I believe that the confined space is just right for the bees to work
upward
in an attempt to expand their nest."

LITTLE TO NO DIFFICULTY WITH SWARMING?

I ask because I know someone who says that he creates two queen hives by
using two divided deeps with an excluder above, and then uses these to draw
50-60 deep frames above the excluder.  He uses a full size Miller-type
feeder on top of the frames to be drawn and also creates a top entrance just
above the excluder.

The workers from the two hives 'mingle' above the excluder.

He also says that using two-queen hives such as these (without the feeder)
are best way he knows of to produce large quantities of comb honey from a
short flow.  He says he will often get 5-6 Ross Round supers filled and has
got as many as a dozen!

I am looking forward to Frank's further response.

Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacturers of Ross Rounds Comb
Honey Equipment, Sundance Pollen Traps
and Custom Printer of Sundance Labels.

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