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This season, I decided to have a go at running twinned Nuc stacks on a single divided floor with opposing entrances, after seeing Michael Palmer’s brood factory setup. One twinned stack (3 boxes high), was so strong, it made sense to super it over a QE to give more space and get a honey crop...

As an alternative to slotted or wired Queen excluders, I thought I’d trial the use of thick plastic sheeting placed over the brood frames. I note this is a tip Clive de Bruyn picked up from an older Beek in the 1970’s and worked to keep the Queen out of the supers with a heather crop. The...