PeteB asked if I still use follower boards. I do, two in every brood box.
My preferred brood chamber is two deep Langstroth boxes, 9 frames per box,
sandwiched between 2 follower boards. I agree with Pete's assessment that
commercially available FBs " seem chunky". Most vendor FBs are of thicker
design to fill the space of a single frame, placed at one side or the
other. The follower boards I had custom made are a half-frame thick, hence
it takes two FBs to fill the space of a single frame. As stated, I use 2
per box, 4 per brood chamber. To prevent crushing bees I screw 3 small wood
screws (top left and right, bottom middle) so the FB is spaced away from
the sidewalls of the brood box. I use a J-hooked hive tool to latch onto
the wood screw to pull out the FB.  I am very fond of the room to move that
the FBs provide . Full virtues of FBs are extolled in Eugene Killion's *Honey
in the Comb* sorry, no copy available to make possible a proper footnote.
Lastly, because if I don't mention it someone will, the Brits call them
"Dummy Boards".

Aaron Morris - thinking be well!

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