Personally I swear by follower boards! I made up a batch at the beginning of season '96 for most of my hives and frankly, I'd have them in every deep box I own except I have never found them offered commercially. As I have not the tools to manufacture them myself, borrowing what I need to mill the wood and construct the follower boards is quite a PITA! Does anyone know of a vendor who offeres follower boards? I would very much like to find one. Aaron Morris - thinking there's a buck to be made!