Fellow Beekeepers,

This summer I had brood above, and below my queen excluder.  I had two
medium boxes on the bottom for brood, and two mediums on top of the
excluder.  I found the marked queen in the lower brood chamber, but I could
not find a queen in the upper box.  I am a newbee, so it is still not easy
for me to find unmarked queens.

Is it common to have brood appear above a queen excluder?  What could have
caused it?  The question is academic at this point, but I am rather
mystified.   I have since taken to heart the advice by Bee-L members, that
queen excluders are an "advanced" technique not suitable for beeginners.  I
will also follow George Imirie's advice to use three mediums for brood.

Happy Holidays to all of you.

Kyle