[dburgess]

I was thinking about trying an all medium
brood and super hive. I was wondering if any of you have gone from deeps to all mediums and is the work more because of more frames to handle, etc... Thanks, Duane.

 

[Michael Bush]

Up side to all mediums:

Everything is standard. One size box, one size frame. If you have a honey bound brood chamber, just swap a partially drawn comb from a super with a frame of honey. Supers are too heavy to lift very high when they are deeps.

Downside to all mediums:

More frames to look through to find a queen. I think the queen lays a little better pattern in a deep frame.

I'm standardizing on all mediums, partly because of PermaComb and because it's only available in mediums.

I was standardizing on all deeps, but the supers were killing me.

 

[BULLSEYE BILL]

I am in the process of swiching over to all mediums mainly because I want to save what's left of my back, but also for all the same reasons MB gave above.
Bill

 

[Michael Bush]

Also, there is some research that shows that all medium brood chambers winter better because of the increased communication between the boxes.