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Having limited available space for my hives a double hive or two queen hive system woke my interest. Apiarists I talked to so far have different opinions and tend to stick to a single hive system with several hive bodies/super stacked on top of each other, spread out over quite an area in some cases.
Strengthening a hive by combining two weak colonies seams to be common practice. Nobody I asked could answer how a two queen hive in a tower setup would do over winter though.
My hives are wrapped in Styrofoam over winter. In my opinion a combination of a deep super housing one colony/queen topped with a second deep super housing a colony/queen and both divided with a queen excluder would produce more heat. They should be easier to be fed in a top feeder when necessary too.
Some apiarists use a two queen system to achieve a better honey harvest but what are the pros or more excact cons of keeping a dual queen system in a tower setup over winter?
Strengthening a hive by combining two weak colonies seams to be common practice. Nobody I asked could answer how a two queen hive in a tower setup would do over winter though.
My hives are wrapped in Styrofoam over winter. In my opinion a combination of a deep super housing one colony/queen topped with a second deep super housing a colony/queen and both divided with a queen excluder would produce more heat. They should be easier to be fed in a top feeder when necessary too.
Some apiarists use a two queen system to achieve a better honey harvest but what are the pros or more excact cons of keeping a dual queen system in a tower setup over winter?