A History of Keeping and Managing Doubled and Two-Queen Hives by Alan Wade Mead Emphasis on proper set-up and

Emphasis on proper set-up and keeping it simple

The giant honey bee

Richard Smailes published "Raise Your Own Queens by the Punched Cell Method" about half a century ago

Kim Flottum (Growing Planet Media)

Over the past century

A History of Keeping and Managing Doubled and Two-Queen Hives by Alan Wade Mead Emphasis on proper set-up andThis book outlines approaches to hive building with more than a single queen. They fall into two distinct categories: single queen hives sharing common honey storage space and true multiple queen hives hosting more than one queen. A History of Keeping and Managing Doubled and Two Queen Hives explains how a honey bee colony with a second laying queen can be established and operated. The book retraces the long journey of discovery of such hives, their