part of the theory is that because the nest is not allowed to get bigger than 7 frames the bees are not getting crowded enough to swarm, a small nest will not swam as quiclky as a big one. the other 4 frames in the box are coverd on both sides with a thin sheet of wood or whatever so they still...
Well, i have a frame where i nailed a vertial stick 1/2 way right, so it is split in two and i remove the drones every week or two, first the right side then the left. I know they aren't making drones for no reason and it costs alot of work, but I am told that this way I will have less mites in...
I live in the Netherlands and I'm keeping my bees like this. Living in town so I cant really have them swarming. I joint the local beekeeping association last year and this is how they are teaching us to keep the bees. My hives are 11-frames, but I put the queen in the 2nd broodbox and use two...