Chris Slade wrote:

>Generally the 2 queen system is part of swarm control.  An artificial
>swarm is made with Mother underneath, so she won't swarm (probably).
>Daughter is hatched and matched in the upper stratum and builds up. She is
>young and won't swarm (probably). The 2 boxes are united in time for the
>honey flow and (generally) daughter will supersede Mother after a while.
 
In Europe it is also a system to obtain more honey. 
The two queens have each their 'court' and the worker bees of each colony
collect the nectar and put it in the same super(s). It is said that this
give more honey then if the colonies are working apart. I never experienced
the system.

Ghislain.




   

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