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Hemlock
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# of frames in a queen castle
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September 28, 2011, 10:36:35 am »
For those of you with queen castles how many frames do you have in each division?
I want to make a long hive with 6 to 8 divisions.
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Michael Bush
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September 28, 2011, 11:04:15 am »
2 frames works fine. One just isn't enough. 3 will work, but kind of defeats the idea of a minimal place to have a queen.
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