OH HOW I LOVE SEX IN THE AFTERNOON!

[rbinhood]

"THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE AFTERNOON DELIGHT!"
Now that I have everyones attention let's get to the real subject......MORE SEX!......LOFLMFAO

There's nothing I like better than two queening hives for brood rearing purposes and this is one of several I have. I have some that have an additional 30 frame box on top of the bottom box these are only for raising brood and not honey production, and I have some singles with supers in the center of the hive that are used for honey production.
The hive in the pics is a 30 frame deep with 23 frames of brood and 7 frames of stores.

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I am an old goat that if it has been tried, I have tried it, If I have not tried it, I haven't heard about it....lol.  Now for the nitty gritty of this post.  This is not a real strong hive as you can tell by looking at it, the right side was started April 9 th and the left side was introduced May 3rd 2011.  It is almost the middle of July, now here is what I am looking for, I want as many suggestions as you can throw in a cracker barrel as too what you think I should do with this hive, (make splits, overwinter as is, mash one queen, or have a fire sale).......you get the idea!

Now let's hear all the good stuff you have to offer.....as for me I have some more "afternoon delight" on my mine!

[yockey5]

Interesting.

[AliciaH]

Are there entrances on both ends of the hive?  Or just the one end?  Also, are those the only covers, or do you have one that goes over the top of those?  If so, is it one big cover or sectioned?

Thanks!

[rbinhood]

There are entrances on each end and some of top covers are one piece telescoping and others are migratory on each side of the super which sets in the center of the hive.

[fish_stix]

I would make about 8 splits out of that thing! Leave the old queen in each box, give them some drawn frames and let them build up again.  :-D