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Offline Kirk-o

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Two Queen Hive question
« on: March 18, 2007, 07:08:28 pm »
Does a two queen hive have a device that keeps the queens seperated?Like a queen excluder.
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Re: Two Queen Hive question
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2007, 07:12:52 pm »
Yes, you use a queen excluder.


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Re: Two Queen Hive question
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2007, 08:28:54 pm »
>Does a two queen hive have a device that keeps the queens seperated?

Most do, yes.

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Re: Two Queen Hive question
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 10:10:11 pm »
From what I've heard, you would have a deep or two for the bottom queen, as usual.  Then, on top of that would be an excluder, a super or two to put some space between the two queens, another excluder, then the deep for that queen.  On top of that goes another excluder and the supers that will be used for honey storage.  Or, at least, that was my interpritation of it.

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Re: Two Queen Hive question
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2007, 10:19:24 pm »
A double screened divider board is better for running 2 queens.  The upper half of the board as it own entrances to the hive.  The double screen will insure that the 2 queens never come into contact while allowing air and odor transfer throughout the hive.  Queen excluders have been known to fail due to incorrect spacing or damage.  Good double screen dividers have 4 entrances--1 up to all 4 can be used at any one time.
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Re: Two Queen Hive question
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2007, 01:43:50 pm »
If you have more than a few hives, you probably have a two queen hive and don't know it.  They occur more frequently than many think.
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