deep supers

[carlfaba10t]

Was wondering if two 9-1/4" deep supers will be big enough for one large colony of bees. :-x

[Joe D]

If you are talking about brood boxes 2 or 3 would probably hold them.  And if your talking honey supers, it depends on nectar and pollen flow, probably not enough.
Just my opinion.

Joe

[Finski]

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You put on hive so much high or low supers as needed.
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[AllenF]

Most people run 2 deeps year round.   Then add honey supers on top as needed, and honey supers can be shallow, medium, or deep depending on what you like or how young you are.   Honey supers are used only when honey is being produced.

[carlfaba10t]

Thanks for all reply's, Allenf thanks i was not sure if you needed to add honey supers to start with are only after both deep brood supers are drawn and full of brood and honey.Does that sound right? :roll:

[BlueBee]

I think you're about right there.  No need to add additional boxes until the brood boxes are about 80% combed up.  If you live in a mild climate without big pest problems (wax moths, shb) you can probably super anytime you want.  However most people tend to only super when the bees need more room and can patrol more space.

2 deep boxes filled with brood will make a lot of bees!  Each deep frame has 6000 to 7000 cells depending upon the size of your cells (normal, small cell).  6000 x 10 frames per box x 2 boxes = 120,000 cells for baby bees.  

Unfortunately the bees don't fill all the cells with bees, but if they have 120,000 to work with per brood cycle, you can get a lot of bees!